diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index ae1f0c57f54d..c9a8c7d24f89 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1768,19 +1768,20 @@ bool empty_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, int *has_inline_data)
 	void *inline_pos;
 	unsigned int offset;
 	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
-	bool ret = true;
+	bool ret = false;
 
 	err = ext4_get_inode_loc(dir, &iloc);
 	if (err) {
 		EXT4_ERROR_INODE_ERR(dir, -err,
 				     "error %d getting inode %lu block",
 				     err, dir->i_ino);
-		return true;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	down_read(&EXT4_I(dir)->xattr_sem);
 	if (!ext4_has_inline_data(dir)) {
 		*has_inline_data = 0;
+		ret = true;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1789,7 +1790,6 @@ bool empty_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, int *has_inline_data)
 		ext4_warning(dir->i_sb,
 			     "bad inline directory (dir #%lu) - no `..'",
 			     dir->i_ino);
-		ret = true;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1808,16 +1808,15 @@ bool empty_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, int *has_inline_data)
 				     dir->i_ino, le32_to_cpu(de->inode),
 				     le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len), de->name_len,
 				     inline_size);
-			ret = true;
 			goto out;
 		}
 		if (le32_to_cpu(de->inode)) {
-			ret = false;
 			goto out;
 		}
 		offset += ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len, inline_size);
 	}
 
+	ret = true;
 out:
 	up_read(&EXT4_I(dir)->xattr_sem);
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index f71de6c1ecf4..a622e186b7ee 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2868,14 +2868,14 @@ bool ext4_empty_dir(struct inode *inode)
 	sb = inode->i_sb;
 	if (inode->i_size < EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(1) + EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(2)) {
 		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "invalid size");
-		return true;
+		return false;
 	}
 	/* The first directory block must not be a hole,
 	 * so treat it as DIRENT_HTREE
 	 */
 	bh = ext4_read_dirblock(inode, 0, DIRENT_HTREE);
 	if (IS_ERR(bh))
-		return true;
+		return false;
 
 	de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) bh->b_data;
 	if (ext4_check_dir_entry(inode, NULL, de, bh, bh->b_data, bh->b_size,
@@ -2883,7 +2883,7 @@ bool ext4_empty_dir(struct inode *inode)
 	    le32_to_cpu(de->inode) != inode->i_ino || strcmp(".", de->name)) {
 		ext4_warning_inode(inode, "directory missing '.'");
 		brelse(bh);
-		return true;
+		return false;
 	}
 	offset = ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len, sb->s_blocksize);
 	de = ext4_next_entry(de, sb->s_blocksize);
@@ -2892,7 +2892,7 @@ bool ext4_empty_dir(struct inode *inode)
 	    le32_to_cpu(de->inode) == 0 || strcmp("..", de->name)) {
 		ext4_warning_inode(inode, "directory missing '..'");
 		brelse(bh);
-		return true;
+		return false;
 	}
 	offset += ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len, sb->s_blocksize);
 	while (offset < inode->i_size) {
@@ -2906,7 +2906,7 @@ bool ext4_empty_dir(struct inode *inode)
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (IS_ERR(bh))
-				return true;
+				return false;
 		}
 		de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) (bh->b_data +
 					(offset & (sb->s_blocksize - 1)));