diff -Naurp linux-2.6.14-rc2-orig/fs/ext2/inode.c linux-2.6.14-rc2-cleanp/fs/ext2/inode.c
--- linux-2.6.14-rc2-orig/fs/ext2/inode.c	2005-09-26 13:58:15.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.14-rc2-cleanp/fs/ext2/inode.c	2005-10-17 14:17:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -440,6 +440,10 @@ static int ext2_alloc_branch(struct inod
 		 * the pointer to new one, then send parent to disk.
 		 */
 		bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, parent);
+		if (!bh){
+			err = -EIO;
+			break;
+		}
 		lock_buffer(bh);
 		memset(bh->b_data, 0, blocksize);
 		branch[n].bh = bh;
diff -Naurp linux-2.6.14-rc2-orig/fs/ext3/inode.c linux-2.6.14-rc2-cleanp/fs/ext3/inode.c
--- linux-2.6.14-rc2-orig/fs/ext3/inode.c	2005-10-09 20:26:54.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.14-rc2-cleanp/fs/ext3/inode.c	2005-10-17 14:23:50.000000000 +0000
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ static int ext3_alloc_branch(handle_t *h
 			if (!nr)
 				break;
 			branch[n].key = cpu_to_le32(nr);
-			keys = n+1;
 
 			/*
 			 * Get buffer_head for parent block, zero it out
@@ -531,6 +530,9 @@ static int ext3_alloc_branch(handle_t *h
 			 * parent to disk.  
 			 */
 			bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, parent);
+			if (!bh)
+				break;	
+			keys = n+1;
 			branch[n].bh = bh;
 			lock_buffer(bh);
 			BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call get_create_access");
@@ -864,6 +866,10 @@ struct buffer_head *ext3_getblk(handle_t
 	if (!*errp && buffer_mapped(&dummy)) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh;
 		bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, dummy.b_blocknr);
+		if (!bh){
+			*errp = -EIO;
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		if (buffer_new(&dummy)) {
 			J_ASSERT(create != 0);
 			J_ASSERT(handle != 0);
diff -Naurp linux-2.6.14-rc2-orig/fs/ext3/resize.c linux-2.6.14-rc2-cleanp/fs/ext3/resize.c
--- linux-2.6.14-rc2-orig/fs/ext3/resize.c	2005-10-09 19:58:40.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.14-rc2-cleanp/fs/ext3/resize.c	2005-10-17 14:23:01.000000000 +0000
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ static struct buffer_head *bclean(handle
 	int err;
 
 	bh = sb_getblk(sb, blk);
+	if (!bh)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 	if ((err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh))) {
 		brelse(bh);
 		bh = ERR_PTR(err);
@@ -202,6 +204,10 @@ static int setup_new_group_blocks(struct
 		ext3_debug("update backup group %#04lx (+%d)\n", block, bit);
 
 		gdb = sb_getblk(sb, block);
+		if (!bh){
+			err = -EIO;
+			goto exit_bh;
+		}
 		if ((err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, gdb))) {
 			brelse(gdb);
 			goto exit_bh;
@@ -643,6 +649,10 @@ static void update_backups(struct super_
 			break;
 
 		bh = sb_getblk(sb, group * bpg + blk_off);
+		if (!bh){
+			err = -EIO;
+			goto exit_err;
+		}
 		ext3_debug("update metadata backup %#04lx\n",
 			  (unsigned long)bh->b_blocknr);
 		if ((err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh)))