diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
index 9f24ec2..207e0b0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 /*
  * Initialise a new set of inodes.
  */
-STATIC void
+STATIC int
 xfs_ialloc_inode_init(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@
 		fbuf = xfs_trans_get_buf(tp, mp->m_ddev_targp, d,
 					 mp->m_bsize * blks_per_cluster,
 					 XBF_LOCK);
-		ASSERT(!xfs_buf_geterror(fbuf));
-
+		if (!fbuf)
+			return ENOMEM;
 		/*
 		 * Initialize all inodes in this buffer and then log them.
 		 *
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@
 		}
 		xfs_trans_inode_alloc_buf(tp, fbuf);
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -369,9 +370,11 @@
 	 * rather than a linear progression to prevent the next generation
 	 * number from being easily guessable.
 	 */
-	xfs_ialloc_inode_init(args.mp, tp, agno, args.agbno, args.len,
-			      random32());
+	error = xfs_ialloc_inode_init(args.mp, tp, agno, args.agbno,
+			args.len, random32());
 
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 	/*
 	 * Convert the results.
 	 */