diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 1abc7ed2990e..87425a243040 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ static noinline int prepare_one_folio(struct inode *inode, struct folio **folio_
 	fgf_t fgp_flags = (nowait ? FGP_WRITEBEGIN | FGP_NOWAIT : FGP_WRITEBEGIN) |
 			  fgf_set_order(write_bytes);
 	struct folio *folio;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 again:
 	folio = __filemap_get_folio(inode->i_mapping, index, fgp_flags, mask);
@@ -876,10 +876,8 @@ static noinline int prepare_one_folio(struct inode *inode, struct folio **folio_
 	if (ret) {
 		/* The folio is already unlocked. */
 		folio_put(folio);
-		if (!nowait && ret == -EAGAIN) {
-			ret = 0;
+		if (!nowait && ret == -EAGAIN)
 			goto again;
-		}
 		return ret;
 	}
 	*folio_ret = folio;