diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index d5bd1e3a5d36..e7a09a99837b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1410,7 +1410,11 @@ int ext4_inlinedir_to_tree(struct file *dir_file,
 			hinfo->hash = EXT4_DIRENT_HASH(de);
 			hinfo->minor_hash = EXT4_DIRENT_MINOR_HASH(de);
 		} else {
-			ext4fs_dirhash(dir, de->name, de->name_len, hinfo);
+			err = ext4fs_dirhash(dir, de->name, de->name_len, hinfo);
+			if (err) {
+				ret = err;
+				goto out;
+			}
 		}
 		if ((hinfo->hash < start_hash) ||
 		    ((hinfo->hash == start_hash) &&