diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 48cdfc81fe10..32d8986c26fb 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ struct reiserfs_dentry_buf {
 	struct dir_context ctx;
 	struct dentry *xadir;
 	int count;
+	int err;
 	struct dentry *dentries[8];
 };
 
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ fill_with_dentries(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namelen,
 
 	dentry = lookup_one_len(name, dbuf->xadir, namelen);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+		dbuf->err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
 		return PTR_ERR(dentry);
 	} else if (d_really_is_negative(dentry)) {
 		/* A directory entry exists, but no file? */
@@ -215,6 +217,7 @@ fill_with_dentries(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namelen,
 			       "not found for file %pd.\n",
 			       dentry, dbuf->xadir);
 		dput(dentry);
+		dbuf->err = -EIO;
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
@@ -262,6 +265,10 @@ static int reiserfs_for_each_xattr(struct inode *inode,
 		err = reiserfs_readdir_inode(d_inode(dir), &buf.ctx);
 		if (err)
 			break;
+		if (buf.err) {
+			err = buf.err;
+			break;
+		}
 		if (!buf.count)
 			break;
 		for (i = 0; !err && i < buf.count && buf.dentries[i]; i++) {