@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@ static int __ext4_journalled_writepage(struct page *page,
struct buffer_head *page_bufs = NULL;
handle_t *handle = NULL;
int ret = 0;
- int err;
+ int err = 0;
struct buffer_head *inode_bh = NULL;
ClearPageChecked(page);
@@ -1987,8 +1987,7 @@ static int __ext4_journalled_writepage(struct page *page,
ret = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, inode_bh);
err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, inode, inode_bh);
-
- } else {
+ } else if (page_bufs) {
ret = ext4_walk_page_buffers(handle, page_bufs, 0, len, NULL,
do_journal_get_write_access);