diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 7148abaf1da32a985e7ee3dbb12d1186249c7f98..f81a48c47fe05fa1453f662237a166c3f70f022b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1018,8 +1018,10 @@ static noinline int cow_file_range(struct inode *inode,
 				  ram_size, /* ram_bytes */
 				  BTRFS_COMPRESS_NONE, /* compress_type */
 				  BTRFS_ORDERED_REGULAR /* type */);
-		if (IS_ERR(em))
+		if (IS_ERR(em)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(em);
 			goto out_reserve;
+		}
 		free_extent_map(em);
 
 		ret = btrfs_add_ordered_extent(inode, start, ins.objectid,