static struct fuse_file *fuse_write_file(struct fuse_conn *fc,
                                         struct fuse_inode *fi)
 {
-       struct fuse_file *ff;
+       struct fuse_file *ff = NULL;
 
        spin_lock(&fc->lock);
-       BUG_ON(list_empty(&fi->write_files));
-       ff = list_entry(fi->write_files.next, struct fuse_file, write_entry);
-       fuse_file_get(ff);
+       if (!WARN_ON(list_empty(&fi->write_files))) {
+               ff = list_entry(fi->write_files.next, struct fuse_file,
+                               write_entry);
+               fuse_file_get(ff);
+       }
        spin_unlock(&fc->lock);
 
        return ff;
        struct fuse_inode *fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
        struct fuse_req *req;
        struct page *tmp_page;
+       int error = -ENOMEM;
 
        set_page_writeback(page);
 
        if (!tmp_page)
                goto err_free;
 
+       error = -EIO;
        req->ff = fuse_write_file(fc, fi);
+       if (!req->ff)
+               goto err_free;
+
        fuse_write_fill(req, req->ff, page_offset(page), 0);
 
        copy_highpage(tmp_page, page);
        fuse_request_free(req);
 err:
        end_page_writeback(page);
-       return -ENOMEM;
+       return error;
 }
 
 static int fuse_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)