diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ea.c b/fs/ntfs/ea.c
index ddc201e3e2aa..20ca1d74955f 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/ea.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/ea.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static int ntfs_write_ea(struct ntfs_inode *ni, __le32 type, char *value, s64 ea
 		struct ntfs_inode *ea_ni = NTFS_I(ea_vi);
 
 		if (need_truncate && ea_ni->data_size > ea_off + ea_size)
-			ntfs_attr_truncate(ea_ni, ea_off + ea_size);
+			err = ntfs_attr_truncate(ea_ni, ea_off + ea_size);
 		mark_mft_record_dirty(ni);
 	}