diff --git a/fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c b/fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c
index aa2e017a4384..795f71d26895 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ int ntfs_cluster_free_from_rl_nolock(struct ntfs_volume *vol,
 		if (rl->lcn < 0)
 			continue;
 		err = ntfs_bitmap_clear_run(lcnbmp_vi, rl->lcn, rl->length);
-		if (unlikely(err && (!ret || ret == -ENOMEM) && ret != err))
-			ret = err;
-		else
+		if (likely(!err))
 			nr_freed += rl->length;
+		else if (!ret || ret == -ENOMEM)
+			ret = err;
 	}
 	ntfs_inc_free_clusters(vol, nr_freed);
 	ntfs_debug("Done.");