diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 90ba74c14694..3960b7ec3ab7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -5815,8 +5815,8 @@ int ext4_ext_replay_update_ex(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
 	int ret;
 
 	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start, NULL, 0);
-	if (!path)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (IS_ERR(path))
+		return PTR_ERR(path);
 	ex = path[path->p_depth].p_ext;
 	if (!ex) {
 		ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;