diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index ae3804f36535..b41a44dc245c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -3363,7 +3363,7 @@ static int ext4_split_extent_zeroout(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	ext4_ext_mark_initialized(ex);
 
-	ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth);
+	err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth);
 	if (err)
 		return err;