diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e9cd3a4ea671..7cf09d97bb28 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8f6e39a7ade8a5329c5651a2bc07010b3011da6a
+refs/heads/master: 7c2f3d6f89aab04c5c66a0a757888d3a77a5e899
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ext3/inode.c b/trunk/fs/ext3/inode.c
index cc47b76091bf..6ae4ecf3ce40 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1261,10 +1261,11 @@ static int ext3_ordered_write_end(struct file *file,
 		new_i_size = pos + copied;
 		if (new_i_size > EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize)
 			EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = new_i_size;
-		copied = ext3_generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied,
+		ret2 = ext3_generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied,
 							page, fsdata);
-		if (copied < 0)
-			ret = copied;
+		copied = ret2;
+		if (ret2 < 0)
+			ret = ret2;
 	}
 	ret2 = ext3_journal_stop(handle);
 	if (!ret)
@@ -1289,10 +1290,11 @@ static int ext3_writeback_write_end(struct file *file,
 	if (new_i_size > EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize)
 		EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = new_i_size;
 
-	copied = ext3_generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied,
+	ret2 = ext3_generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied,
 							page, fsdata);
-	if (copied < 0)
-		ret = copied;
+	copied = ret2;
+	if (ret2 < 0)
+		ret = ret2;
 
 	ret2 = ext3_journal_stop(handle);
 	if (!ret)