diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index f7a746b5b7beee8b92eadb68c4058863a8c36440..bc17ed7428456f804d2e3be52d3457b2e4848484 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -981,6 +981,8 @@ static int ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		/* if we found index with free entry, then use that
 		 * entry: create all needed subtree and add new leaf */
 		err = ext4_ext_split(handle, inode, path, newext, i);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
 
 		/* refill path */
 		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);