diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 021694c081814828272ff03a8b9e1f64732a46cc..d3280b2b759221a3dd82a21408455ebb3b74779c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2132,6 +2132,7 @@ static noinline int record_one_backref(u64 inum, u64 offset, u64 root_id,
 		WARN_ON(1);
 		return ret;
 	}
+	ret = 0;
 
 	while (1) {
 		cond_resched();
@@ -2181,8 +2182,6 @@ static noinline int record_one_backref(u64 inum, u64 offset, u64 root_id,
 		    old->len || extent_offset + num_bytes <=
 		    old->extent_offset + old->offset)
 			continue;
-
-		ret = 0;
 		break;
 	}