diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c
index 32008d85172bc765122d84b3142e2e93397b1b7d..f2618dc2ef3acdfba263258ee3c4fd2656b4b628 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c
@@ -261,12 +261,10 @@ static void nvmet_bdev_execute_discard(struct nvmet_req *req)
 	if (bio) {
 		bio->bi_private = req;
 		bio->bi_end_io = nvmet_bio_done;
-		if (status) {
-			bio->bi_status = BLK_STS_IOERR;
-			bio_endio(bio);
-		} else {
+		if (status)
+			bio_io_error(bio);
+		else
 			submit_bio(bio);
-		}
 	} else {
 		nvmet_req_complete(req, status);
 	}