diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index b6754db..06209ec4 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
 			ea_idebug(inode, "creating block %d", block);
 
 			new_bh = sb_getblk(sb, block);
-			if (!new_bh) {
+			if (unlikely(!new_bh)) {
 				ext2_free_blocks(inode, block, 1);
 				mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 				error = -EIO;