--- fs/ocfs2/inode.c

+++ fs/ocfs2/inode.c

@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ static int ocfs2_truncate_for_delete(str

handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);

if (IS_ERR(handle)) {

status = PTR_ERR(handle);

+ handle = NULL;

mlog_errno(status);

goto out;

}