diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index e7e1d79..757c138 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -967,6 +967,7 @@
 				  (block<<EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb))
 					  +((char *)de - bh->b_data))) {
 				brelse (bh);
+				*err = ERR_BAD_DX_DIR;
 				goto errout;
 			}
 			*res_dir = de;
@@ -1132,9 +1133,9 @@
 	char *data1 = (*bh)->b_data, *data2;
 	unsigned split;
 	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de = NULL, *de2;
-	int	err;
+	int	err = 0;
 
-	bh2 = ext4_append (handle, dir, &newblock, error);
+	bh2 = ext4_append (handle, dir, &newblock, &err);
 	if (!(bh2)) {
 		brelse(*bh);
 		*bh = NULL;
@@ -1143,14 +1144,9 @@
 
 	BUFFER_TRACE(*bh, "get_write_access");
 	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, *bh);
-	if (err) {
-	journal_error:
-		brelse(*bh);
-		brelse(bh2);
-		*bh = NULL;
-		ext4_std_error(dir->i_sb, err);
-		goto errout;
-	}
+	if (err)
+		goto journal_error;
+
 	BUFFER_TRACE(frame->bh, "get_write_access");
 	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, frame->bh);
 	if (err)
@@ -1193,8 +1189,16 @@
 		goto journal_error;
 	brelse (bh2);
 	dxtrace(dx_show_index ("frame", frame->entries));
-errout:
 	return de;
+
+journal_error:
+	brelse(*bh);
+	brelse(bh2);
+	*bh = NULL;
+	ext4_std_error(dir->i_sb, err);
+errout:
+	*error = err;
+	return NULL;
 }
 #endif