diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index d3401a6df530..46de0a5e80d5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -1850,6 +1850,7 @@ int btrfs_remove_qgroup(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, u64 qgroupid)
 	ret = del_qgroup_item(trans, qgroupid);
 	if (ret && ret != -ENOENT)
 		goto out;
+	ret = 0;
 
 	while (!list_empty(&qgroup->groups)) {
 		list = list_first_entry(&qgroup->groups,