diff --git a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
index 502c63d8f096fff9ec5ae6f3ddbc1e44a51fe5c2..6cc046d368158d541a589aaa476286d7248541de 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static int recover_dentry(struct page *ipage, struct inode *inode)
 		kunmap(page);
 		f2fs_put_page(page, 0);
 	} else {
-		f2fs_add_link(&dent, inode);
+		err = f2fs_add_link(&dent, inode);
 	}
 	iput(dir);
 out: