diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index 60f4afa8ecbc..ae750b1574a2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -2225,7 +2225,7 @@ struct inode_fs_paths *init_ipath(s32 total_bytes, struct btrfs_root *fs_root,
 
 	fspath = init_data_container(total_bytes);
 	if (IS_ERR(fspath))
-		return (void *)fspath;
+		return ERR_CAST(fspath);
 
 	ifp = kmalloc(sizeof(*ifp), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ifp) {