diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index ac98384b174e..3d2c64d4734a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3677,6 +3677,7 @@ int btrfs_cont_expand(struct inode *inode, loff_t oldsize, loff_t size)
 				block_end - cur_offset, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(em)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(em);
+			em = NULL;
 			break;
 		}
 		last_byte = min(extent_map_end(em), block_end);