diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 2370d72972e91b1f2aeb80b860bc9d2380455809..177508abb865d433be19acd96813bdb15f1da157 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7143,8 +7143,10 @@ static int btrfs_get_blocks_direct(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 						       block_start, len,
 						       orig_block_len,
 						       ram_bytes, type);
-				if (IS_ERR(em))
+				if (IS_ERR(em)) {
+					ret = PTR_ERR(em);
 					goto unlock_err;
+				}
 			}
 
 			ret = btrfs_add_ordered_extent_dio(inode, start,