diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index c2caf2d..3da4cf8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -1150,25 +1150,20 @@
 	unsigned long max_ino = le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count);
 	ext4_group_t block_group;
 	int bit;
-	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh;
+	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
-	long err = -EIO;
+	int err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
 
-	/* Error cases - e2fsck has already cleaned up for us */
-	if (ino > max_ino) {
-		ext4_warning(sb, "bad orphan ino %lu!  e2fsck was run?", ino);
-		err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
-		goto error;
-	}
+	if (ino < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb) || ino > max_ino)
+		goto bad_orphan;
 
 	block_group = (ino - 1) / EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
 	bit = (ino - 1) % EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
 	bitmap_bh = ext4_read_inode_bitmap(sb, block_group);
 	if (IS_ERR(bitmap_bh)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(bitmap_bh);
-		ext4_warning(sb, "inode bitmap error %ld for orphan %lu",
-			     ino, err);
-		goto error;
+		ext4_error(sb, "inode bitmap error %ld for orphan %lu",
+			   ino, PTR_ERR(bitmap_bh));
+		return (struct inode *) bitmap_bh;
 	}
 
 	/* Having the inode bit set should be a 100% indicator that this
@@ -1179,8 +1174,12 @@
 		goto bad_orphan;
 
 	inode = ext4_iget(sb, ino);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode))
-		goto iget_failed;
+	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+		ext4_error(sb, "couldn't read orphan inode %lu (err %d)",
+			   ino, err);
+		return inode;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If the orphans has i_nlinks > 0 then it should be able to
@@ -1197,29 +1196,25 @@
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	return inode;
 
-iget_failed:
-	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
-	inode = NULL;
 bad_orphan:
-	ext4_warning(sb, "bad orphan inode %lu!  e2fsck was run?", ino);
-	printk(KERN_WARNING "ext4_test_bit(bit=%d, block=%llu) = %d\n",
-	       bit, (unsigned long long)bitmap_bh->b_blocknr,
-	       ext4_test_bit(bit, bitmap_bh->b_data));
-	printk(KERN_WARNING "inode=%p\n", inode);
+	ext4_error(sb, "bad orphan inode %lu", ino);
+	if (bitmap_bh)
+		printk(KERN_ERR "ext4_test_bit(bit=%d, block=%llu) = %d\n",
+		       bit, (unsigned long long)bitmap_bh->b_blocknr,
+		       ext4_test_bit(bit, bitmap_bh->b_data));
 	if (inode) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "is_bad_inode(inode)=%d\n",
+		printk(KERN_ERR "is_bad_inode(inode)=%d\n",
 		       is_bad_inode(inode));
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "NEXT_ORPHAN(inode)=%u\n",
+		printk(KERN_ERR "NEXT_ORPHAN(inode)=%u\n",
 		       NEXT_ORPHAN(inode));
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "max_ino=%lu\n", max_ino);
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "i_nlink=%u\n", inode->i_nlink);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "max_ino=%lu\n", max_ino);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "i_nlink=%u\n", inode->i_nlink);
 		/* Avoid freeing blocks if we got a bad deleted inode */
 		if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
 			inode->i_blocks = 0;
 		iput(inode);
 	}
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
-error:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }