diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index 9f62da7471c9e..eb81b4170cb51 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *reiserfs_breada(struct block_device *dev,
 	int i, j;
 
 	bh = __getblk(dev, block, bufsize);
-	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
+	if (!bh || buffer_uptodate(bh))
 		return (bh);
 
 	if (block + BUFNR > max_block) {
@@ -2336,6 +2336,8 @@ static struct buffer_head *reiserfs_breada(struct block_device *dev,
 	j = 1;
 	for (i = 1; i < blocks; i++) {
 		bh = __getblk(dev, block + i, bufsize);
+		if (!bh)
+			break;
 		if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
 			brelse(bh);
 			break;