/* don't use read_bitmap_block since it will cache
* the uninitialized bitmap */
bh = sb_bread(s, i * s->s_blocksize * 8);
+ if (!bh) {
+ vfree(bitmap);
+ return -EIO;
+ }
memset(bh->b_data, 0, sb_blocksize(sb));
reiserfs_test_and_set_le_bit(0, bh->b_data);
reiserfs_cache_bitmap_metadata(s, bh, bitmap + i);