diff --git a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
index a26e683780be7dc252b9aa7a051ce5917c10382f..d2dface9a423038ed95ac64461613a94348df104 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
@@ -530,11 +530,13 @@ void ext3_free_blocks_sb(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
 	    in_range (block, le32_to_cpu(desc->bg_inode_table),
 		      sbi->s_itb_per_group) ||
 	    in_range (block + count - 1, le32_to_cpu(desc->bg_inode_table),
-		      sbi->s_itb_per_group))
+		      sbi->s_itb_per_group)) {
 		ext3_error (sb, "ext3_free_blocks",
 			    "Freeing blocks in system zones - "
 			    "Block = "E3FSBLK", count = %lu",
 			    block, count);
+		goto error_return;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We are about to start releasing blocks in the bitmap,
@@ -1637,11 +1639,13 @@ ext3_fsblk_t ext3_new_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	    in_range(ret_block, le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table),
 		      EXT3_SB(sb)->s_itb_per_group) ||
 	    in_range(ret_block + num - 1, le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table),
-		      EXT3_SB(sb)->s_itb_per_group))
+		      EXT3_SB(sb)->s_itb_per_group)) {
 		ext3_error(sb, "ext3_new_block",
 			    "Allocating block in system zone - "
 			    "blocks from "E3FSBLK", length %lu",
 			     ret_block, num);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	performed_allocation = 1;