diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index c7bc6264110349abba3471cbdbb6329303261d08..7ec697b37f19316e0476869ec79b491e6370b3f6 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -960,8 +960,10 @@ static int f2fs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	/* check inline_data */
 	ipage = get_node_page(sbi, inode->i_ino);
-	if (IS_ERR(ipage))
+	if (IS_ERR(ipage)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(ipage);
 		goto unlock_fail;
+	}
 
 	set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, ipage, ipage, 0);