diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 619bfc1..f34b1aa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -1116,6 +1116,7 @@
 	/* Error cases - e2fsck has already cleaned up for us */
 	if (ino > max_ino) {
 		ext4_warning(sb, "bad orphan ino %lu!  e2fsck was run?", ino);
+		err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
 		goto error;
 	}