diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 9568a57c607c..ff3428e195b4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -587,11 +587,13 @@ do_more:
 	    in_range(ext4_inode_bitmap(sb, desc), block, count) ||
 	    in_range(block, ext4_inode_table(sb, desc), sbi->s_itb_per_group) ||
 	    in_range(block + count - 1, ext4_inode_table(sb, desc),
-		     sbi->s_itb_per_group))
+		     sbi->s_itb_per_group)) {
 		ext4_error (sb, "ext4_free_blocks",
 			    "Freeing blocks in system zones - "
 			    "Block = %llu, count = %lu",
 			    block, count);
+		goto error_return;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We are about to start releasing blocks in the bitmap,
@@ -1690,11 +1692,13 @@ allocated:
 	    in_range(ret_block, ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp),
 		     EXT4_SB(sb)->s_itb_per_group) ||
 	    in_range(ret_block + num - 1, ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp),
-		     EXT4_SB(sb)->s_itb_per_group))
+		     EXT4_SB(sb)->s_itb_per_group)) {
 		ext4_error(sb, "ext4_new_block",
 			    "Allocating block in system zone - "
 			    "blocks from %llu, length %lu",
 			     ret_block, num);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	performed_allocation = 1;