return ret;
 }
 
-static enum ocfs2_contig_type
-ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+static int ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
                               struct ocfs2_path *path,
                               struct ocfs2_extent_list *el, int index,
-                              struct ocfs2_extent_rec *split_rec)
+                              struct ocfs2_extent_rec *split_rec,
+                              struct ocfs2_merge_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
-       int status;
+       int status = 0;
        enum ocfs2_contig_type ret = CONTIG_NONE;
        u32 left_cpos, right_cpos;
        struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec = NULL;
 
                if (left_cpos != 0) {
                        left_path = ocfs2_new_path_from_path(path);
-                       if (!left_path)
+                       if (!left_path) {
+                               status = -ENOMEM;
+                               mlog_errno(status);
                                goto exit;
+                       }
 
                        status = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, left_path,
                                                 left_cpos);
                        goto free_left_path;
 
                right_path = ocfs2_new_path_from_path(path);
-               if (!right_path)
+               if (!right_path) {
+                       status = -ENOMEM;
+                       mlog_errno(status);
                        goto free_left_path;
+               }
 
                status = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, right_path, right_cpos);
                if (status)
 free_left_path:
        ocfs2_free_path(left_path);
 exit:
-       return ret;
+       if (status == 0)
+               ctxt->c_contig_type = ret;
+
+       return status;
 }
 
 static void ocfs2_figure_contig_type(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
                goto out;
        }
 
-       ctxt.c_contig_type = ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(et, path, el,
-                                                           split_index,
-                                                           split_rec);
+       ret = ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(et, path, el,
+                                            split_index,
+                                            split_rec,
+                                            &ctxt);
+       if (ret) {
+               mlog_errno(ret);
+               goto out;
+       }
 
        /*
         * The core merge / split code wants to know how much room is