return be32_to_cpu(ext->start_block) + be32_to_cpu(ext->block_count);
 }
 
-static void __hfsplus_ext_write_extent(struct inode *inode,
+static int __hfsplus_ext_write_extent(struct inode *inode,
                struct hfs_find_data *fd)
 {
        struct hfsplus_inode_info *hip = HFSPLUS_I(inode);
        res = hfs_brec_find(fd, hfs_find_rec_by_key);
        if (hip->extent_state & HFSPLUS_EXT_NEW) {
                if (res != -ENOENT)
-                       return;
+                       return res;
                hfs_brec_insert(fd, hip->cached_extents,
                                sizeof(hfsplus_extent_rec));
                hip->extent_state &= ~(HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY | HFSPLUS_EXT_NEW);
        } else {
                if (res)
-                       return;
+                       return res;
                hfs_bnode_write(fd->bnode, hip->cached_extents,
                                fd->entryoffset, fd->entrylength);
                hip->extent_state &= ~HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY;
         * to explicily mark the inode dirty, too.
         */
        set_bit(HFSPLUS_I_EXT_DIRTY, &hip->flags);
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int hfsplus_ext_write_extent_locked(struct inode *inode)
 {
-       int res;
+       int res = 0;
 
        if (HFSPLUS_I(inode)->extent_state & HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY) {
                struct hfs_find_data fd;
                res = hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb)->ext_tree, &fd);
                if (res)
                        return res;
-               __hfsplus_ext_write_extent(inode, &fd);
+               res = __hfsplus_ext_write_extent(inode, &fd);
                hfs_find_exit(&fd);
        }
-       return 0;
+       return res;
 }
 
 int hfsplus_ext_write_extent(struct inode *inode)
 
        WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&hip->extents_lock));
 
-       if (hip->extent_state & HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY)
-               __hfsplus_ext_write_extent(inode, fd);
+       if (hip->extent_state & HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY) {
+               res = __hfsplus_ext_write_extent(inode, fd);
+               if (res)
+                       return res;
+       }
 
        res = __hfsplus_ext_read_extent(fd, hip->cached_extents, inode->i_ino,
                                        block, HFSPLUS_IS_RSRC(inode) ?