diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 0c0ddc1401e..3673ec7b1c9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ static int ext4_ind_get_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	if (!err)
 		err = ext4_splice_branch(handle, inode, iblock,
 					 partial, indirect_blks, count);
-	else
+	if (err)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	set_buffer_new(bh_result);