diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 417b1b289ac1..0f971bd0e7a5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4285,7 +4285,8 @@ int ext4_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 
 	/* If we zero-out tail of the page, we have to create jinode for jbd2 */
 	if (inode->i_size & (inode->i_sb->s_blocksize - 1)) {
-		if (ext4_inode_attach_jinode(inode) < 0)
+		err = ext4_inode_attach_jinode(inode);
+		if (err)
 			goto out_trace;
 	}