diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 5f243da8ff1dce84fdfe9d9f0505821c6bc431bc..9a3844adb1cb1f905ecb96db695132257e9dc36e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2716,6 +2716,8 @@ static int ext4_split_extent(handle_t *handle,
 				       EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT2;
 		err = ext4_split_extent_at(handle, inode, path,
 				map->m_lblk + map->m_len, split_flag1, flags1);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);