diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
index 9e15a11853623838b91894b2a89f3778211511f4..6be05f756d59d544c82576d307266ce5b739f893 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
@@ -1517,6 +1517,8 @@ xfs_rtfree_range(
 	 */
 	error = xfs_rtfind_forw(mp, tp, end, mp->m_sb.sb_rextents - 1,
 		&postblock);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 	/*
 	 * If there are blocks not being freed at the front of the
 	 * old extent, add summary data for them to be allocated.