diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index 377ad172d74b..794008b6ce29 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -474,11 +474,13 @@ do_more:
 	    in_range (block, le32_to_cpu(desc->bg_inode_table),
 		      sbi->s_itb_per_group) ||
 	    in_range (block + count - 1, le32_to_cpu(desc->bg_inode_table),
-		      sbi->s_itb_per_group))
+		      sbi->s_itb_per_group)) {
 		ext2_error (sb, "ext2_free_blocks",
 			    "Freeing blocks in system zones - "
 			    "Block = %lu, count = %lu",
 			    block, count);
+		goto error_return;
+	}
 
 	for (i = 0, group_freed = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		if (!ext2_clear_bit_atomic(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, block_group),
@@ -1311,11 +1313,13 @@ allocated:
 	    in_range(ret_block, le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table),
 		      EXT2_SB(sb)->s_itb_per_group) ||
 	    in_range(ret_block + num - 1, le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table),
-		      EXT2_SB(sb)->s_itb_per_group))
+		      EXT2_SB(sb)->s_itb_per_group)) {
 		ext2_error(sb, "ext2_new_blocks",
 			    "Allocating block in system zone - "
 			    "blocks from "E2FSBLK", length %lu",
 			    ret_block, num);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	performed_allocation = 1;