diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index ce7253b3f549..2e02efbddaac 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1174,7 +1174,11 @@ ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all(handle_t *handle, struct inode *parent,
 	if (block_csum)
 		end = (void *)bh->b_data + bh->b_size;
 	else {
-		ext4_get_inode_loc(parent, &iloc);
+		err = ext4_get_inode_loc(parent, &iloc);
+		if (err) {
+			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(parent, "parent inode loc (error %d)", err);
+			return;
+		}
 		end = (void *)ext4_raw_inode(&iloc) + EXT4_SB(parent->i_sb)->s_inode_size;
 	}