diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 7efe937..3138a38 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
 	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
-	if (handle == NULL) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@
 	handle_t *handle = NULL;
 
 	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
-	if (handle == NULL) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1055,8 +1055,8 @@
 		   (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, inode->i_mode);
 
 	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
-	if (handle == NULL) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1259,8 +1259,8 @@
 	}
 
 	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_REMOVE_EXTENT_CREDITS);
-	if (handle == NULL) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1352,8 +1352,8 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
-	if (handle == NULL) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}