diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 0dfc1cd..8aa241a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -791,27 +791,21 @@
 }
 
 struct buffer_head *ext4_bread(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-			       ext4_lblk_t block, int create, int *err)
+			       ext4_lblk_t block, int create)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 
-	*err = 0;
 	bh = ext4_getblk(handle, inode, block, create);
-	if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
-		*err = PTR_ERR(bh);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	if (!bh)
+	if (IS_ERR(bh))
 		return bh;
-	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
+	if (!bh || buffer_uptodate(bh))
 		return bh;
 	ll_rw_block(READ | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, 1, &bh);
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
 		return bh;
 	put_bh(bh);
-	*err = -EIO;
-	return NULL;
+	return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 }
 
 int ext4_walk_page_buffers(handle_t *handle,