diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index a381dc0c55ab6..6c35e5fba3949 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4198,7 +4198,8 @@ int ext4_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 
 	/* If we zero-out tail of the page, we have to create jinode for jbd2 */
 	if (inode->i_size & (inode->i_sb->s_blocksize - 1)) {
-		if (ext4_inode_attach_jinode(inode) < 0)
+		err = ext4_inode_attach_jinode(inode);
+		if (err)
 			goto out_trace;
 	}