diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 2b05703f6f6a..896b443d917f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -1729,8 +1729,11 @@ xfs_inactive(
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Try to clean out the cow blocks if there are any. */
-	if (xfs_inode_has_cow_data(ip))
-		xfs_reflink_cancel_cow_range(ip, 0, NULLFILEOFF, true);
+	if (xfs_inode_has_cow_data(ip)) {
+		error = xfs_reflink_cancel_cow_range(ip, 0, NULLFILEOFF, true);
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (VFS_I(ip)->i_nlink != 0) {
 		/*