1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
index 22548f56197b..158b5d4ce067 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
@@ -1727,10 +1727,7 @@ allocated:
         percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter, num);
 
         BUFFER_TRACE(gdp_bh, "journal_dirty_metadata for group descriptor");
-        err = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, gdp_bh);
-        if (!fatal)
-                fatal = err;
-
+        fatal = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, gdp_bh);
         if (fatal)
                 goto out;