u32 *bno, bool *new, bool *boundary,
                           int create)
 {
-       int err = -EIO;
+       int err;
        int offsets[4];
        Indirect chain[4];
        Indirect *partial;
        depth = ext2_block_to_path(inode,iblock,offsets,&blocks_to_boundary);
 
        if (depth == 0)
-               return (err);
+               return -EIO;
 
        partial = ext2_get_branch(inode, depth, offsets, chain, &err);
        /* Simplest case - block found, no allocation needed */
        ext2_splice_branch(inode, iblock, partial, indirect_blks, count);
        mutex_unlock(&ei->truncate_mutex);
 got_it:
-       *bno = le32_to_cpu(chain[depth-1].key);
        if (count > blocks_to_boundary)
                *boundary = true;
        err = count;
                brelse(partial->bh);
                partial--;
        }
+       if (err > 0)
+               *bno = le32_to_cpu(chain[depth-1].key);
        return err;
 }