diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 0b9688683526..7643d52c776c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1384,6 +1384,12 @@ static int ext4_xattr_inode_write(handle_t *handle, struct inode *ea_inode,
 		bh = ext4_getblk(handle, ea_inode, block, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(bh))
 			return PTR_ERR(bh);
+		if (!bh) {
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(ea_inode,
+					 "ext4_getblk() return bh = NULL");
+			return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+		}
 		ret = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;