diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index ff9455b8c2fd..a4e8284043c1 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -192,8 +192,13 @@ static struct buffer_head *udf_expand_dir_adinicb(struct inode *inode,
 	epos.bh = NULL;
 	epos.block = iinfo->i_location;
 	epos.offset = udf_file_entry_alloc_offset(inode);
-	udf_add_aext(inode, &epos, &eloc, inode->i_size, 0);
+	ret = udf_add_aext(inode, &epos, &eloc, inode->i_size, 0);
 	brelse(epos.bh);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		*err = ret;
+		udf_free_blocks(inode->i_sb, inode, &eloc, 0, 1);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
 	/* Now fixup tags in moved directory entries */