diff --git a/fs/hfs/brec.c b/fs/hfs/brec.c
index 878bf25dbc6..92fb358ce82 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/brec.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/brec.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ skip:
 static struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bnode_split(struct hfs_find_data *fd)
 {
 	struct hfs_btree *tree;
-	struct hfs_bnode *node, *new_node;
+	struct hfs_bnode *node, *new_node, *next_node;
 	struct hfs_bnode_desc node_desc;
 	int num_recs, new_rec_off, new_off, old_rec_off;
 	int data_start, data_end, size;
@@ -248,6 +248,17 @@ static struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bnode_split(struct hfs_find_data *fd)
 	new_node->type = node->type;
 	new_node->height = node->height;
 
+	if (node->next)
+		next_node = hfs_bnode_find(tree, node->next);
+	else
+		next_node = NULL;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(next_node)) {
+		hfs_bnode_put(node);
+		hfs_bnode_put(new_node);
+		return next_node;
+	}
+
 	size = tree->node_size / 2 - node->num_recs * 2 - 14;
 	old_rec_off = tree->node_size - 4;
 	num_recs = 1;
@@ -261,6 +272,8 @@ static struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bnode_split(struct hfs_find_data *fd)
 		/* panic? */
 		hfs_bnode_put(node);
 		hfs_bnode_put(new_node);
+		if (next_node)
+			hfs_bnode_put(next_node);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
 	}
 
@@ -315,8 +328,7 @@ static struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bnode_split(struct hfs_find_data *fd)
 	hfs_bnode_write(node, &node_desc, 0, sizeof(node_desc));
 
 	/* update next bnode header */
-	if (new_node->next) {
-		struct hfs_bnode *next_node = hfs_bnode_find(tree, new_node->next);
+	if (next_node) {
 		next_node->prev = new_node->this;
 		hfs_bnode_read(next_node, &node_desc, 0, sizeof(node_desc));
 		node_desc.prev = cpu_to_be32(next_node->prev);