--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c @@ -1820,8 +1820,11 @@ ext4_xattr_block_find(struct inode *inod if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl) { /* The inode already has an extended attribute block. */ bs->bh = ext4_sb_bread(sb, EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl, REQ_PRIO); - if (IS_ERR(bs->bh)) - return PTR_ERR(bs->bh); + if (IS_ERR(bs->bh)) { + error = PTR_ERR(bs->bh); + bs->bh = NULL; + return error; + } ea_bdebug(bs->bh, "b_count=%d, refcount=%d", atomic_read(&(bs->bh->b_count)), le32_to_cpu(BHDR(bs->bh)->h_refcount));