diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 2c2f179b6977..43de293cef56 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -672,17 +672,14 @@ int ext2_empty_dir (struct inode * inode)
 	void *page_addr = NULL;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	unsigned long i, npages = dir_pages(inode);
-	int dir_has_error = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < npages; i++) {
 		char *kaddr;
 		ext2_dirent * de;
-		page = ext2_get_page(inode, i, dir_has_error, &page_addr);
+		page = ext2_get_page(inode, i, 0, &page_addr);
 
-		if (IS_ERR(page)) {
-			dir_has_error = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
+		if (IS_ERR(page))
+			goto not_empty;
 
 		kaddr = page_addr;
 		de = (ext2_dirent *)kaddr;