diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index c741de164535..cb680cdeb77d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -1874,7 +1874,7 @@ static int extent_writepage(struct folio *folio, struct btrfs_bio_ctrl *bio_ctrl
 				  folio_size(folio), bio_ctrl, i_size);
 	if (ret == 1)
 		return 0;
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
 		btrfs_err_rl(fs_info,
 "failed to submit blocks, root=%lld inode=%llu folio=%llu submit_bitmap=%*pbl: %d",
 			     btrfs_root_id(inode->root), btrfs_ino(inode),