1 files changed, 22 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 575e674219a8..8610a22f4f5a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1397,13 +1397,12 @@ out:
  * finds empty index and adds new leaf.
  * if no free index is found, then it requests in-depth growing.
  */
-static int ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-				    unsigned int mb_flags,
-				    unsigned int gb_flags,
-				    struct ext4_ext_path **ppath,
-				    struct ext4_extent *newext)
+static struct ext4_ext_path *
+ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+			 unsigned int mb_flags, unsigned int gb_flags,
+			 struct ext4_ext_path *path,
+			 struct ext4_extent *newext)
 {
-	struct ext4_ext_path *path = *ppath;
 	struct ext4_ext_path *curp;
 	int depth, i, err = 0;
 
@@ -1424,28 +1423,25 @@ repeat:
 		 * entry: create all needed subtree and add new leaf */
 		err = ext4_ext_split(handle, inode, mb_flags, path, newext, i);
 		if (err)
-			goto out;
+			goto errout;
 
 		/* refill path */
 		path = ext4_find_extent(inode,
 				    (ext4_lblk_t)le32_to_cpu(newext->ee_block),
 				    path, gb_flags);
-		if (IS_ERR(path))
-			err = PTR_ERR(path);
+		return path;
 	} else {
 		/* tree is full, time to grow in depth */
 		err = ext4_ext_grow_indepth(handle, inode, mb_flags);
 		if (err)
-			goto out;
+			goto errout;
 
 		/* refill path */
 		path = ext4_find_extent(inode,
 				   (ext4_lblk_t)le32_to_cpu(newext->ee_block),
 				    path, gb_flags);
-		if (IS_ERR(path)) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(path);
-			goto out;
-		}
+		if (IS_ERR(path))
+			return path;
 
 		/*
 		 * only first (depth 0 -> 1) produces free space;
@@ -1457,9 +1453,11 @@ repeat:
 			goto repeat;
 		}
 	}
-out:
-	*ppath = IS_ERR(path) ? NULL : path;
-	return err;
+	return path;
+
+errout:
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2112,11 +2110,14 @@ prepend:
 	 */
 	if (gb_flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_METADATA_NOFAIL)
 		mb_flags |= EXT4_MB_USE_RESERVED;
-	err = ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(handle, inode, mb_flags, gb_flags,
-				       ppath, newext);
-	if (err)
+	path = ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(handle, inode, mb_flags, gb_flags,
+					path, newext);
+	if (IS_ERR(path)) {
+		*ppath = NULL;
+		err = PTR_ERR(path);
 		goto cleanup;
-	path = *ppath;
+	}
+	*ppath = path;
 	depth = ext_depth(inode);
 	eh = path[depth].p_hdr;