diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 94913a75930f..67d8bec55fb7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4080,7 +4080,9 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext4_load_tail_bh(struct inode *inode, loff_t from)
 	}
 	if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) {
 		BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "unmapped");
-		ext4_get_block(inode, iblock, bh, 0);
+		err = ext4_get_block(inode, iblock, bh, 0);
+		if (err < 0)
+			goto unlock;
 		/* unmapped? It's a hole - nothing to do */
 		if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) {
 			BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "still unmapped");