(block<<EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb))
                                          +((char *)de - bh->b_data))) {
                                brelse (bh);
+                               *err = ERR_BAD_DX_DIR;
                                goto errout;
                        }
                        *res_dir = de;
        char *data1 = (*bh)->b_data, *data2;
        unsigned split;
        struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *de = NULL, *de2;
-       int     err;
+       int     err = 0;
 
-       bh2 = ext3_append (handle, dir, &newblock, error);
+       bh2 = ext3_append (handle, dir, &newblock, &err);
        if (!(bh2)) {
                brelse(*bh);
                *bh = NULL;
 
        BUFFER_TRACE(*bh, "get_write_access");
        err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, *bh);
-       if (err) {
-       journal_error:
-               brelse(*bh);
-               brelse(bh2);
-               *bh = NULL;
-               ext3_std_error(dir->i_sb, err);
-               goto errout;
-       }
+       if (err)
+               goto journal_error;
+
        BUFFER_TRACE(frame->bh, "get_write_access");
        err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, frame->bh);
        if (err)
                goto journal_error;
        brelse (bh2);
        dxtrace(dx_show_index ("frame", frame->entries));
-errout:
        return de;
+
+journal_error:
+       brelse(*bh);
+       brelse(bh2);
+       *bh = NULL;
+       ext3_std_error(dir->i_sb, err);
+errout:
+       *error = err;
+       return NULL;
 }
 #endif
 
 
                                  (block<<EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb))
                                          +((char *)de - bh->b_data))) {
                                brelse (bh);
+                               *err = ERR_BAD_DX_DIR;
                                goto errout;
                        }
                        *res_dir = de;
        char *data1 = (*bh)->b_data, *data2;
        unsigned split;
        struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de = NULL, *de2;
-       int     err;
+       int     err = 0;
 
-       bh2 = ext4_append (handle, dir, &newblock, error);
+       bh2 = ext4_append (handle, dir, &newblock, &err);
        if (!(bh2)) {
                brelse(*bh);
                *bh = NULL;
 
        BUFFER_TRACE(*bh, "get_write_access");
        err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, *bh);
-       if (err) {
-       journal_error:
-               brelse(*bh);
-               brelse(bh2);
-               *bh = NULL;
-               ext4_std_error(dir->i_sb, err);
-               goto errout;
-       }
+       if (err)
+               goto journal_error;
+
        BUFFER_TRACE(frame->bh, "get_write_access");
        err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, frame->bh);
        if (err)
                goto journal_error;
        brelse (bh2);
        dxtrace(dx_show_index ("frame", frame->entries));
-errout:
        return de;
+
+journal_error:
+       brelse(*bh);
+       brelse(bh2);
+       *bh = NULL;
+       ext4_std_error(dir->i_sb, err);
+errout:
+       *error = err;
+       return NULL;
 }
 #endif