diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 58604fe11f4f..077c3c9c432e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -761,6 +761,11 @@ static int ext4_alloc_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		 * parent to disk.
 		 */
 		bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, new_blocks[n-1]);
+		if (unlikely(!bh)) {
+			err = -EIO;
+			goto failed;
+		}
+
 		branch[n].bh = bh;
 		lock_buffer(bh);
 		BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call get_create_access");
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index d732ef5a835d..611c866ef3fe 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4537,6 +4537,8 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			if (!bh)
 				tbh = sb_find_get_block(inode->i_sb,
 							block + i);
+			if (unlikely(!tbh))
+				continue;
 			ext4_forget(handle, flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA,
 				    inode, tbh, block + i);
 		}