diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 236b834b4ca8..228eeaf2dccf 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2544,7 +2544,7 @@ static void bi_complete(struct bio *bio, int error)
 /* FIXME!! we need to try to merge to left or right after zero-out  */
 static int ext4_ext_zeroout(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex)
 {
-	int ret = -EIO;
+	int ret;
 	struct bio *bio;
 	int blkbits, blocksize;
 	sector_t ee_pblock;
@@ -2568,6 +2568,9 @@ static int ext4_ext_zeroout(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex)
 			len = ee_len;
 
 		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, len);
+		if (!bio)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
 		bio->bi_sector = ee_pblock;
 		bio->bi_bdev   = inode->i_sb->s_bdev;
 
@@ -2595,17 +2598,15 @@ static int ext4_ext_zeroout(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex)
 		submit_bio(WRITE, bio);
 		wait_for_completion(&event);
 
-		if (test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags))
-			ret = 0;
-		else {
-			ret = -EIO;
-			break;
+		if (!test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags)) {
+			bio_put(bio);
+			return -EIO;
 		}
 		bio_put(bio);
 		ee_len    -= done;
 		ee_pblock += done  << (blkbits - 9);
 	}
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #define EXT4_EXT_ZERO_LEN 7