diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 9b67f75bdcf74b91b7db4f1bf408abfbd2e9d75d..437df6a1a8417cec309c699cfef2166f02b6930a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -341,8 +341,10 @@ static int ext4_update_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	len -= EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE;
 	value = kzalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!value)
+	if (!value) {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	error = ext4_xattr_ibody_get(inode, i.name_index, i.name,
 				     value, len);