diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 70d083e60d4076a46d782905c50f6653b76c3e0b..55767e1ba72492431dcb3ae9fe204526d93f28d2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -612,6 +612,11 @@ static int ocfs2_create_refcount_tree(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	new_bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, first_blkno);
+	if (!new_bh) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
 	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(&new_tree->rf_ci, new_bh);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle, &new_tree->rf_ci, new_bh,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 82257299d5eacb2604e902d2fab39d7d33cbc717..f0a1326d9bba89812f5ae736938ca3cfbee1284d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -2864,6 +2864,12 @@ static int ocfs2_create_xattr_block(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	new_bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, first_blkno);
+	if (!new_bh) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto end;
+	}
+
 	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(inode), new_bh);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_xb(ctxt->handle, INODE_CACHE(inode),