diff --git a/fs/btrfs/verity.c b/fs/btrfs/verity.c
index a2ac3fb68bc8..06cbd6f00a78 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/verity.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/verity.c
@@ -525,23 +525,21 @@ static int finish_verity(struct btrfs_inode *inode, const void *desc,
 	ret = write_key_bytes(inode, BTRFS_VERITY_DESC_ITEM_KEY, 0,
 			      (const char *)&item, sizeof(item));
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		return ret;
 
 	/* Write out the descriptor itself */
 	ret = write_key_bytes(inode, BTRFS_VERITY_DESC_ITEM_KEY, 1,
 			      desc, desc_size);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		return ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * 1 for updating the inode flag
 	 * 1 for deleting the orphan
 	 */
 	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 2);
-	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(trans))
+		return PTR_ERR(trans);
 	inode->ro_flags |= BTRFS_INODE_RO_VERITY;
 	btrfs_sync_inode_flags_to_i_flags(inode);
 	ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, inode);
@@ -554,8 +552,7 @@ static int finish_verity(struct btrfs_inode *inode, const void *desc,
 	btrfs_set_fs_compat_ro(root->fs_info, VERITY);
 end_trans:
 	btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
-out:
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 
 }