diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 311761a6ef6d..6761e905cab0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ int ext4_get_inode_usage(struct inode *inode, qsize_t *usage)
 		bh = ext4_sb_bread(inode->i_sb, EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl, REQ_PRIO);
 		if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(bh);
+			bh = NULL;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
@@ -2905,6 +2906,7 @@ int ext4_xattr_delete_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			if (error == -EIO)
 				EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "block %llu read error",
 						 EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl);
+			bh = NULL;
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 		error = ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bh);
@@ -3061,6 +3063,7 @@ ext4_xattr_block_cache_find(struct inode *inode,
 		if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
 			if (PTR_ERR(bh) == -ENOMEM)
 				return NULL;
+			bh = NULL;
 			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "block %lu read error",
 					 (unsigned long)ce->e_value);
 		} else if (ext4_xattr_cmp(header, BHDR(bh)) == 0) {