diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index e8ee39b733564098c49dfa9dd316ad24e9c0a76d..67fe401c32095e34c015a17ac41121f3ca50e2e0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ static int bio_readpage_error(struct bio *failed_bio, struct page *page,
 		}
 		read_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
 
-		if (!em || IS_ERR(em)) {
+		if (!em) {
 			kfree(failrec);
 			return -EIO;
 		}