goto end_rename;
        } else {
                BUFFER_TRACE(new_bh, "get write access");
-               ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, new_bh);
+               retval = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, new_bh);
+               if (retval)
+                       goto journal_error;
                new_de->inode = cpu_to_le32(old_inode->i_ino);
                if (EXT3_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(new_dir->i_sb,
                                              EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE))
                new_dir->i_ctime = new_dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
                ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, new_dir);
                BUFFER_TRACE(new_bh, "call ext3_journal_dirty_metadata");
-               ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, new_bh);
+               retval = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, new_bh);
+               if (retval)
+                       goto journal_error;
                brelse(new_bh);
                new_bh = NULL;
        }
        ext3_update_dx_flag(old_dir);
        if (dir_bh) {
                BUFFER_TRACE(dir_bh, "get_write_access");
-               ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, dir_bh);
+               retval = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, dir_bh);
+               if (retval)
+                       goto journal_error;
                PARENT_INO(dir_bh->b_data) = cpu_to_le32(new_dir->i_ino);
                BUFFER_TRACE(dir_bh, "call ext3_journal_dirty_metadata");
-               ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, dir_bh);
+               retval = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, dir_bh);
+               if (retval) {
+journal_error:
+                       ext3_std_error(new_dir->i_sb, retval);
+                       goto end_rename;
+               }
                drop_nlink(old_dir);
                if (new_inode) {
                        drop_nlink(new_inode);