diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index 5e2b905cc0c4870be05bbd2857b1d900834fd633..600162f4ddbf188eb1ad414c8d42f95b2068d319 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ static inline int write_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, __u32 hsize,
 	if (F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid) {
 		xpage = get_node_page(sbi, F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid);
 		if (IS_ERR(xpage)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(xpage);
 			alloc_nid_failed(sbi, new_nid);
 			goto in_page_out;
 		}
@@ -443,6 +444,7 @@ static inline int write_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, __u32 hsize,
 		set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, NULL, NULL, new_nid);
 		xpage = new_node_page(&dn, XATTR_NODE_OFFSET);
 		if (IS_ERR(xpage)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(xpage);
 			alloc_nid_failed(sbi, new_nid);
 			goto in_page_out;
 		}