diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 601f23bddea8dc7faa02e9653e7657f3b34c7520..a4a7a18cdd3d2c9555523d54f3b4e0ff83aa14a3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -462,8 +462,7 @@ void extent_io_tree_panic(struct extent_io_tree *tree, int err)
  *
  * the range [start, end] is inclusive.
  *
- * This takes the tree lock, and returns < 0 on error, > 0 if any of the
- * bits were already set, or zero if none of the bits were already set.
+ * This takes the tree lock, and returns 0 on success and < 0 on error.
  */
 int clear_extent_bit(struct extent_io_tree *tree, u64 start, u64 end,
 		     int bits, int wake, int delete,
@@ -477,7 +476,6 @@ int clear_extent_bit(struct extent_io_tree *tree, u64 start, u64 end,
 	struct rb_node *node;
 	u64 last_end;
 	int err;
-	int set = 0;
 	int clear = 0;
 
 	if (delete)
@@ -562,7 +560,7 @@ int clear_extent_bit(struct extent_io_tree *tree, u64 start, u64 end,
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 		if (state->end <= end) {
-			set |= clear_state_bit(tree, state, &bits, wake);
+			clear_state_bit(tree, state, &bits, wake);
 			if (last_end == (u64)-1)
 				goto out;
 			start = last_end + 1;
@@ -585,13 +583,13 @@ int clear_extent_bit(struct extent_io_tree *tree, u64 start, u64 end,
 		if (wake)
 			wake_up(&state->wq);
 
-		set |= clear_state_bit(tree, prealloc, &bits, wake);
+		clear_state_bit(tree, prealloc, &bits, wake);
 
 		prealloc = NULL;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	set |= clear_state_bit(tree, state, &bits, wake);
+	clear_state_bit(tree, state, &bits, wake);
 next:
 	if (last_end == (u64)-1)
 		goto out;
@@ -608,7 +606,7 @@ int clear_extent_bit(struct extent_io_tree *tree, u64 start, u64 end,
 	if (prealloc)
 		free_extent_state(prealloc);
 
-	return set;
+	return 0;
 
 search_again:
 	if (start > end)