diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 123798c5ac314c3ff7522c84de2907c6e7587800..426211882f7274b496c5c94ecac30fbd18a57325 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1816,31 +1816,39 @@ static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 		hinfo.hash_version += EXT4_SB(dir->i_sb)->s_hash_unsigned;
 	hinfo.seed = EXT4_SB(dir->i_sb)->s_hash_seed;
 	ext4fs_dirhash(name, namelen, &hinfo);
+	memset(frames, 0, sizeof(frames));
 	frame = frames;
 	frame->entries = entries;
 	frame->at = entries;
 	frame->bh = bh;
 	bh = bh2;
 
-	ext4_handle_dirty_dx_node(handle, dir, frame->bh);
-	ext4_handle_dirty_dirent_node(handle, dir, bh);
+	retval = ext4_handle_dirty_dx_node(handle, dir, frame->bh);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_frames;	
+	retval = ext4_handle_dirty_dirent_node(handle, dir, bh);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_frames;	
 
 	de = do_split(handle,dir, &bh, frame, &hinfo);
 	if (IS_ERR(de)) {
-		/*
-		 * Even if the block split failed, we have to properly write
-		 * out all the changes we did so far. Otherwise we can end up
-		 * with corrupted filesystem.
-		 */
-		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
-		dx_release(frames);
-		return PTR_ERR(de);
+		retval = PTR_ERR(de);
+		goto out_frames;
 	}
 	dx_release(frames);
 
 	retval = add_dirent_to_buf(handle, dentry, inode, de, bh);
 	brelse(bh);
 	return retval;
+out_frames:
+	/*
+	 * Even if the block split failed, we have to properly write
+	 * out all the changes we did so far. Otherwise we can end up
+	 * with corrupted filesystem.
+	 */
+	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
+	dx_release(frames);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 /*