diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
index b4ba1b319333..4dfbfec357e8 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@ int hfsplus_create_cat(u32 cnid, struct inode *dir,
 
 	dprint(DBG_CAT_MOD, "create_cat: %s,%u(%d)\n",
 		str->name, cnid, inode->i_nlink);
-	hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
+	err = hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, fd.search_key, cnid, NULL);
 	entry_size = hfsplus_fill_cat_thread(sb, &entry,
@@ -269,7 +271,9 @@ int hfsplus_delete_cat(u32 cnid, struct inode *dir, struct qstr *str)
 
 	dprint(DBG_CAT_MOD, "delete_cat: %s,%u\n",
 		str ? str->name : NULL, cnid);
-	hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
+	err = hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	if (!str) {
 		int len;
@@ -347,12 +351,14 @@ int hfsplus_rename_cat(u32 cnid,
 	struct hfs_find_data src_fd, dst_fd;
 	hfsplus_cat_entry entry;
 	int entry_size, type;
-	int err = 0;
+	int err;
 
 	dprint(DBG_CAT_MOD, "rename_cat: %u - %lu,%s - %lu,%s\n",
 		cnid, src_dir->i_ino, src_name->name,
 		dst_dir->i_ino, dst_name->name);
-	hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &src_fd);
+	err = hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &src_fd);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 	dst_fd = src_fd;
 
 	/* find the old dir entry and read the data */
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index 4df5059c25da..25b2443a004c 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ static struct dentry *hfsplus_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	sb = dir->i_sb;
 
 	dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
-	hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
+	err = hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
+	if (err)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, fd.search_key, dir->i_ino, &dentry->d_name);
 again:
 	err = hfs_brec_read(&fd, &entry, sizeof(entry));
@@ -132,7 +134,9 @@ static int hfsplus_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	if (filp->f_pos >= inode->i_size)
 		return 0;
 
-	hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
+	err = hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 	hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, fd.search_key, inode->i_ino, NULL);
 	err = hfs_brec_find(&fd);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/extents.c b/fs/hfsplus/extents.c
index b9c1a4b5ba89..95065a89e7e2 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/extents.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/extents.c
@@ -124,9 +124,10 @@ static void hfsplus_ext_write_extent_locked(struct inode *inode)
 	if (HFSPLUS_I(inode)->extent_state & HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY) {
 		struct hfs_find_data fd;
 
-		hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb)->ext_tree, &fd);
-		__hfsplus_ext_write_extent(inode, &fd);
-		hfs_find_exit(&fd);
+		if (!hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb)->ext_tree, &fd)) {
+			__hfsplus_ext_write_extent(inode, &fd);
+			hfs_find_exit(&fd);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -194,9 +195,11 @@ static int hfsplus_ext_read_extent(struct inode *inode, u32 block)
 	    block < hip->cached_start + hip->cached_blocks)
 		return 0;
 
-	hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb)->ext_tree, &fd);
-	res = __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent(&fd, inode, block);
-	hfs_find_exit(&fd);
+	res = hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb)->ext_tree, &fd);
+	if (!res) {
+		res = __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent(&fd, inode, block);
+		hfs_find_exit(&fd);
+	}
 	return res;
 }
 
@@ -374,7 +377,9 @@ int hfsplus_free_fork(struct super_block *sb, u32 cnid,
 	if (total_blocks == blocks)
 		return 0;
 
-	hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->ext_tree, &fd);
+	res = hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->ext_tree, &fd);
+	if (res)
+		return res;
 	do {
 		res = __hfsplus_ext_read_extent(&fd, ext_entry, cnid,
 						total_blocks, type);
@@ -503,7 +508,6 @@ void hfsplus_file_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 		struct page *page;
 		void *fsdata;
 		u32 size = inode->i_size;
-		int res;
 
 		res = pagecache_write_begin(NULL, mapping, size, 0,
 						AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE,
@@ -526,7 +530,12 @@ void hfsplus_file_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 		goto out;
 
 	mutex_lock(&hip->extents_lock);
-	hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->ext_tree, &fd);
+	res = hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->ext_tree, &fd);
+	if (res) {
+		mutex_unlock(&hip->extents_lock);
+		/* XXX: We lack error handling of hfsplus_file_truncate() */
+		return;
+	}
 	while (1) {
 		if (alloc_cnt == hip->first_blocks) {
 			hfsplus_free_extents(sb, hip->first_extents,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
index b248a6cfcad9..010cd363d085 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
@@ -195,11 +195,13 @@ static struct dentry *hfsplus_file_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 	hip->flags = 0;
 	set_bit(HFSPLUS_I_RSRC, &hip->flags);
 
-	hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
-	err = hfsplus_find_cat(sb, dir->i_ino, &fd);
-	if (!err)
-		err = hfsplus_cat_read_inode(inode, &fd);
-	hfs_find_exit(&fd);
+	err = hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
+	if (!err) {
+		err = hfsplus_find_cat(sb, dir->i_ino, &fd);
+		if (!err)
+			err = hfsplus_cat_read_inode(inode, &fd);
+		hfs_find_exit(&fd);
+	}
 	if (err) {
 		iput(inode);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
index acaef57e3606..2c1a72287fb5 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
@@ -73,11 +73,13 @@ struct inode *hfsplus_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 
 	if (inode->i_ino >= HFSPLUS_FIRSTUSER_CNID ||
 	    inode->i_ino == HFSPLUS_ROOT_CNID) {
-		hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
-		err = hfsplus_find_cat(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino, &fd);
-		if (!err)
-			err = hfsplus_cat_read_inode(inode, &fd);
-		hfs_find_exit(&fd);
+		err = hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
+		if (!err) {
+			err = hfsplus_find_cat(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino, &fd);
+			if (!err)
+				err = hfsplus_cat_read_inode(inode, &fd);
+			hfs_find_exit(&fd);
+		}
 	} else {
 		err = hfsplus_system_read_inode(inode);
 	}
@@ -456,7 +458,9 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
 	str.len = sizeof(HFSP_HIDDENDIR_NAME) - 1;
 	str.name = HFSP_HIDDENDIR_NAME;
-	hfs_find_init(sbi->cat_tree, &fd);
+	err = hfs_find_init(sbi->cat_tree, &fd);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_put_root;
 	hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, fd.search_key, HFSPLUS_ROOT_CNID, &str);
 	if (!hfs_brec_read(&fd, &entry, sizeof(entry))) {
 		hfs_find_exit(&fd);