}
 
 static inline int
-ext4_xattr_check_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh)
+__ext4_xattr_check_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh,
+                        const char *function, unsigned int line)
 {
-       int error;
+       int error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
 
        if (buffer_verified(bh))
                return 0;
 
        if (BHDR(bh)->h_magic != cpu_to_le32(EXT4_XATTR_MAGIC) ||
            BHDR(bh)->h_blocks != cpu_to_le32(1))
-               return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+               goto errout;
+       error = -EFSBADCRC;
        if (!ext4_xattr_block_csum_verify(inode, bh))
-               return -EFSBADCRC;
+               goto errout;
        error = ext4_xattr_check_entries(BFIRST(bh), bh->b_data + bh->b_size,
                                         bh->b_data);
-       if (!error)
+errout:
+       if (error)
+               __ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
+                                  "corrupted xattr block %llu",
+                                  (unsigned long long) bh->b_blocknr);
+       else
                set_buffer_verified(bh);
        return error;
 }
 
+#define ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bh) \
+       __ext4_xattr_check_block((inode), (bh),  __func__, __LINE__)
+
+
 static int
 __xattr_check_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header *header,
                         void *end, const char *function, unsigned int line)
                goto cleanup;
        ea_bdebug(bh, "b_count=%d, refcount=%d",
                atomic_read(&(bh->b_count)), le32_to_cpu(BHDR(bh)->h_refcount));
-       if (ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bh)) {
-               EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "bad block %llu",
-                                EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl);
-               error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+       error = ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bh);
+       if (error)
                goto cleanup;
-       }
        ext4_xattr_block_cache_insert(ea_block_cache, bh);
        entry = BFIRST(bh);
        error = ext4_xattr_find_entry(&entry, name_index, name, 1);
                goto cleanup;
        ea_bdebug(bh, "b_count=%d, refcount=%d",
                atomic_read(&(bh->b_count)), le32_to_cpu(BHDR(bh)->h_refcount));
-       if (ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bh)) {
-               EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "bad block %llu",
-                                EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl);
-               error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+       error = ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bh);
+       if (error)
                goto cleanup;
-       }
        ext4_xattr_block_cache_insert(EA_BLOCK_CACHE(inode), bh);
        error = ext4_xattr_list_entries(dentry, BFIRST(bh), buffer, buffer_size);
 
                        goto out;
                }
 
-               if (ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bh)) {
-                       ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+               ret = ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bh);
+               if (ret)
                        goto out;
-               }
 
                for (entry = BFIRST(bh); !IS_LAST_ENTRY(entry);
                     entry = EXT4_XATTR_NEXT(entry))
                ea_bdebug(bs->bh, "b_count=%d, refcount=%d",
                        atomic_read(&(bs->bh->b_count)),
                        le32_to_cpu(BHDR(bs->bh)->h_refcount));
-               if (ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bs->bh)) {
-                       EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "bad block %llu",
-                                        EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl);
-                       error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+               error = ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bs->bh);
+               if (error)
                        goto cleanup;
-               }
                /* Find the named attribute. */
                bs->s.base = BHDR(bs->bh);
                bs->s.first = BFIRST(bs->bh);
                error = -EIO;
                if (!bh)
                        goto cleanup;
-               if (ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bh)) {
-                       EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "bad block %llu",
-                                        EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl);
-                       error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
-                       brelse(bh);
+               error = ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bh);
+               if (error)
                        goto cleanup;
-               }
                base = BHDR(bh);
                end = bh->b_data + bh->b_size;
                min_offs = end - base;
                        goto cleanup;
                }
                error = ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bh);
-               if (error) {
-                       EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "bad block %llu (error %d)",
-                                        EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl, error);
+               if (error)
                        goto cleanup;
-               }
 
                if (ext4_has_feature_ea_inode(inode->i_sb)) {
                        for (entry = BFIRST(bh); !IS_LAST_ENTRY(entry);