diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index cb3acfb7dd1f..dacbb999ae34 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -838,8 +838,10 @@ static int alloc_wbufs(struct ubifs_info *c)
 		c->jheads[i].wbuf.jhead = i;
 		c->jheads[i].grouped = 1;
 		c->jheads[i].log_hash = ubifs_hash_get_desc(c);
-		if (IS_ERR(c->jheads[i].log_hash))
+		if (IS_ERR(c->jheads[i].log_hash)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(c->jheads[i].log_hash);
 			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*