diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 07d684a..c68990c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@
 				  (unsigned long long)block);
 
 			new_bh = sb_getblk(sb, block);
-			if (!new_bh) {
+			if (unlikely(!new_bh)) {
 				error = -ENOMEM;
 getblk_failed:
 				ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, block, 1,