diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 92ad64b89d9b5..b1933e3513d60 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -5908,7 +5908,7 @@ void ext4_ext_replay_shrink_inode(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t end)
 }
 
 /* Check if *cur is a hole and if it is, skip it */
-static void skip_hole(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t *cur)
+static int skip_hole(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t *cur)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct ext4_map_blocks map;
@@ -5917,9 +5917,12 @@ static void skip_hole(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t *cur)
 	map.m_len = ((inode->i_size) >> inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits) - *cur;
 
 	ret = ext4_map_blocks(NULL, inode, &map, 0);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 	if (ret != 0)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 	*cur = *cur + map.m_len;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Count number of blocks used by this inode and update i_blocks */
@@ -5968,7 +5971,9 @@ int ext4_ext_replay_set_iblocks(struct inode *inode)
 	 * iblocks by total number of differences found.
 	 */
 	cur = 0;
-	skip_hole(inode, &cur);
+	ret = skip_hole(inode, &cur);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
 	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, cur, NULL, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(path))
 		goto out;
@@ -5987,8 +5992,12 @@ int ext4_ext_replay_set_iblocks(struct inode *inode)
 		}
 		cur = max(cur + 1, le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) +
 					ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex));
-		skip_hole(inode, &cur);
-
+		ret = skip_hole(inode, &cur);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
+			kfree(path);
+			break;
+		}
 		path2 = ext4_find_extent(inode, cur, NULL, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(path2)) {
 			ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);