diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/btree.c b/fs/hfsplus/btree.c
index 21023d9f8ff3d2a9d87b67c6c69efe5606d182ab..685d07d0ed18845cceb092cc564142664580929c 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/btree.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/btree.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void hfs_btree_close(struct hfs_btree *tree)
 	kfree(tree);
 }
 
-void hfs_btree_write(struct hfs_btree *tree)
+int hfs_btree_write(struct hfs_btree *tree)
 {
 	struct hfs_btree_header_rec *head;
 	struct hfs_bnode *node;
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ void hfs_btree_write(struct hfs_btree *tree)
 	node = hfs_bnode_find(tree, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(node))
 		/* panic? */
-		return;
+		return -EIO;
 	/* Load the header */
 	page = node->page[0];
 	head = (struct hfs_btree_header_rec *)(kmap(page) +
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ void hfs_btree_write(struct hfs_btree *tree)
 	kunmap(page);
 	set_page_dirty(page);
 	hfs_bnode_put(node);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bmap_new_bmap(struct hfs_bnode *prev, u32 idx)
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
index c571de224b154638e9925fb4a2588b253ceffe63..a6da86b1b4c1ee22ab68b50128b27956aac2140e 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ int hfsplus_block_free(struct super_block *, u32, u32);
 /* btree.c */
 struct hfs_btree *hfs_btree_open(struct super_block *, u32);
 void hfs_btree_close(struct hfs_btree *);
-void hfs_btree_write(struct hfs_btree *);
+int hfs_btree_write(struct hfs_btree *);
 struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bmap_alloc(struct hfs_btree *);
 void hfs_bmap_free(struct hfs_bnode *);
 
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
index 811a84d2d9643677832219a0b960c6d42109480e..2036f585b094053c170fffb3e46b5e262467e62b 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
@@ -127,8 +127,14 @@ static int hfsplus_system_write_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		hfsplus_mark_mdb_dirty(inode->i_sb);
 	}
 	hfsplus_inode_write_fork(inode, fork);
-	if (tree)
-		hfs_btree_write(tree);
+	if (tree) {
+		int err = hfs_btree_write(tree);
+		if (err) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: b-tree write err: %d, ino %lu\n",
+					err, inode->i_ino);
+			return err;
+		}
+	}
 	return 0;
 }