diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 9cc0b2c..e69eed5 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -2362,7 +2362,9 @@
 			goto end_rename;
 	} else {
 		BUFFER_TRACE(new_bh, "get write access");
-		ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, new_bh);
+		retval = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, new_bh);
+		if (retval)
+			goto journal_error;
 		new_de->inode = cpu_to_le32(old_inode->i_ino);
 		if (EXT3_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(new_dir->i_sb,
 					      EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE))
@@ -2371,7 +2373,9 @@
 		new_dir->i_ctime = new_dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 		ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, new_dir);
 		BUFFER_TRACE(new_bh, "call ext3_journal_dirty_metadata");
-		ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, new_bh);
+		retval = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, new_bh);
+		if (retval)
+			goto journal_error;
 		brelse(new_bh);
 		new_bh = NULL;
 	}
@@ -2420,10 +2424,17 @@
 	ext3_update_dx_flag(old_dir);
 	if (dir_bh) {
 		BUFFER_TRACE(dir_bh, "get_write_access");
-		ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, dir_bh);
+		retval = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, dir_bh);
+		if (retval)
+			goto journal_error;
 		PARENT_INO(dir_bh->b_data) = cpu_to_le32(new_dir->i_ino);
 		BUFFER_TRACE(dir_bh, "call ext3_journal_dirty_metadata");
-		ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, dir_bh);
+		retval = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, dir_bh);
+		if (retval) {
+journal_error:
+			ext3_std_error(new_dir->i_sb, retval);
+			goto end_rename;
+		}
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
 		if (new_inode) {
 			drop_nlink(new_inode);