diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 58dd74b80480573f96ef08e7f83282400a84b7ce..84f68e15e853bb1a9b6202413d4767c3da151ebc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2750,7 +2750,7 @@ bool ext4_empty_dir(struct inode *inode)
 	 */
 	bh = ext4_read_dirblock(inode, 0, DIRENT_HTREE);
 	if (IS_ERR(bh))
-		return true;
+		return false;
 
 	de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) bh->b_data;
 	if (ext4_check_dir_entry(inode, NULL, de, bh, bh->b_data, bh->b_size,
@@ -2781,7 +2781,7 @@ bool ext4_empty_dir(struct inode *inode)
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (IS_ERR(bh))
-				return true;
+				return false;
 		}
 		de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) (bh->b_data +
 					(offset & (sb->s_blocksize - 1)));