diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 99a8a17e9cf1..937166c6da04 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -5549,6 +5549,7 @@ static int ext4_insert_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, offset_lblk, NULL, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(path)) {
 		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
+		ret = PTR_ERR(path);
 		goto out_stop;
 	}