diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index a79a9ea58c568051823e9324519db9c9b384c3af..927e47db7f00b41cde5f0351a11bd14cec250424 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5026,7 +5026,7 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
 	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	struct buffer_head *bh = iloc->bh;
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-	int err = 0, rc, block;
+	int err = 0, block;
 	int need_datasync = 0, set_large_file = 0;
 	uid_t i_uid;
 	gid_t i_gid;
@@ -5138,9 +5138,9 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
 					      bh->b_data);
 
 	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
-	rc = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh);
-	if (!err)
-		err = rc;
+	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_brelse;
 	ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NEW);
 	if (set_large_file) {
 		BUFFER_TRACE(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh, "get write access");