diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index dbfe9098a124..18bf1a91dbc2 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -638,7 +638,8 @@ static int ext2_get_blocks(struct inode *inode,
 	int count = 0;
 	ext2_fsblk_t first_block = 0;
 
-	BUG_ON(maxblocks == 0);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(maxblocks == 0))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	depth = ext2_block_to_path(inode,iblock,offsets,&blocks_to_boundary);