diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
index 4b78b669a3bd..646e2dad1b75 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
@@ -1743,8 +1743,10 @@ repack:
 			le_b = NULL;
 			attr_b = ni_find_attr(ni, NULL, &le_b, ATTR_DATA, NULL,
 					      0, NULL, &mi_b);
-			if (!attr_b)
-				return -ENOENT;
+			if (!attr_b) {
+				err = -ENOENT;
+				goto out;
+			}
 
 			attr = attr_b;
 			le = le_b;
@@ -1825,13 +1827,15 @@ ins_ext:
 ok:
 	run_truncate_around(run, vcn);
 out:
-	if (new_valid > data_size)
-		new_valid = data_size;
+	if (attr_b) {
+		if (new_valid > data_size)
+			new_valid = data_size;
 
-	valid_size = le64_to_cpu(attr_b->nres.valid_size);
-	if (new_valid != valid_size) {
-		attr_b->nres.valid_size = cpu_to_le64(valid_size);
-		mi_b->dirty = true;
+		valid_size = le64_to_cpu(attr_b->nres.valid_size);
+		if (new_valid != valid_size) {
+			attr_b->nres.valid_size = cpu_to_le64(valid_size);
+			mi_b->dirty = true;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return err;