diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 39a1ab129fdc94b2caa18a7febe8a5b0f8ffa7b4..d091133a4b460855e583241d3393a41813f0401b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1133,7 +1133,15 @@ static void ext4_restore_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 				     struct ext4_iloc *iloc,
 				     void *buf, int inline_size)
 {
-	ext4_create_inline_data(handle, inode, inline_size);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = ext4_create_inline_data(handle, inode, inline_size);
+	if (ret) {
+		ext4_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_EMERG,
+			"error restoring inline_data for inode -- potential data loss! (inode %lu, error %d)",
+			inode->i_ino, ret);
+		return;
+	}
 	ext4_write_inline_data(inode, iloc, buf, 0, inline_size);
 	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA);
 }