diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
index c045723678be9fc2e57a95013d3bb44e2267ded2..e638740f16813ba069971755ab97f96849bb8db0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
@@ -1245,6 +1245,8 @@ xfs_prepare_shift(
 	 * about to shift down every extent from offset to EOF.
 	 */
 	error = xfs_flush_unmap_range(ip, offset, XFS_ISIZE(ip));
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 
 	/*
 	 * Clean out anything hanging around in the cow fork now that