diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
index 86e688b95ad5..3e9aefcb3e6c 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
@@ -2153,8 +2153,10 @@ int attr_insert_range(struct ntfs_inode *ni, u64 vbo, u64 bytes)
 		le_b = NULL;
 		attr_b = ni_find_attr(ni, NULL, &le_b, ATTR_DATA, NULL, 0, NULL,
 				      &mi_b);
-		if (!attr_b)
-			return -ENOENT;
+		if (!attr_b) {
+			err = -ENOENT;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (!attr_b->non_res) {
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;