set_bit(HFSPLUS_I_EXT_DIRTY, &hip->flags);
 }
 
-static void hfsplus_ext_write_extent_locked(struct inode *inode)
+static int hfsplus_ext_write_extent_locked(struct inode *inode)
 {
+       int res;
+
        if (HFSPLUS_I(inode)->extent_state & HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY) {
                struct hfs_find_data fd;
 
-               if (!hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb)->ext_tree, &fd)) {
-                       __hfsplus_ext_write_extent(inode, &fd);
-                       hfs_find_exit(&fd);
-               }
+               res = hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb)->ext_tree, &fd);
+               if (res)
+                       return res;
+               __hfsplus_ext_write_extent(inode, &fd);
+               hfs_find_exit(&fd);
        }
+       return 0;
 }
 
-void hfsplus_ext_write_extent(struct inode *inode)
+int hfsplus_ext_write_extent(struct inode *inode)
 {
+       int res;
+
        mutex_lock(&HFSPLUS_I(inode)->extents_lock);
-       hfsplus_ext_write_extent_locked(inode);
+       res = hfsplus_ext_write_extent_locked(inode);
        mutex_unlock(&HFSPLUS_I(inode)->extents_lock);
+
+       return res;
 }
 
 static inline int __hfsplus_ext_read_extent(struct hfs_find_data *fd,
 
 insert_extent:
        dprint(DBG_EXTENT, "insert new extent\n");
-       hfsplus_ext_write_extent_locked(inode);
+       res = hfsplus_ext_write_extent_locked(inode);
+       if (res)
+               goto out;
 
        memset(hip->cached_extents, 0, sizeof(hfsplus_extent_rec));
        hip->cached_extents[0].start_block = cpu_to_be32(start);
 
 
 /* extents.c */
 int hfsplus_ext_cmp_key(const hfsplus_btree_key *, const hfsplus_btree_key *);
-void hfsplus_ext_write_extent(struct inode *);
+int hfsplus_ext_write_extent(struct inode *);
 int hfsplus_get_block(struct inode *, sector_t, struct buffer_head *, int);
 int hfsplus_free_fork(struct super_block *, u32,
                struct hfsplus_fork_raw *, int);
 
 static int hfsplus_write_inode(struct inode *inode,
                struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
+       int err;
+
        dprint(DBG_INODE, "hfsplus_write_inode: %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
 
-       hfsplus_ext_write_extent(inode);
+       err = hfsplus_ext_write_extent(inode);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
 
        if (inode->i_ino >= HFSPLUS_FIRSTUSER_CNID ||
            inode->i_ino == HFSPLUS_ROOT_CNID)