diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 635f45f1a2ef..dba087ad40ea 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -7241,8 +7241,9 @@ static int read_one_chunk(struct btrfs_key *key, struct extent_buffer *leaf,
 			map->stripes[i].dev = handle_missing_device(fs_info,
 								    devid, uuid);
 			if (IS_ERR(map->stripes[i].dev)) {
+				ret = PTR_ERR(map->stripes[i].dev);
 				free_extent_map(em);
-				return PTR_ERR(map->stripes[i].dev);
+				return ret;
 			}
 		}