diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index fed3dfed2c24..c9d054b22ae2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -5741,6 +5741,7 @@ int ext4_insert_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, offset_lblk, NULL, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(path)) {
 		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
+		ret = PTR_ERR(path);
 		goto out_stop;
 	}