diff --git a/fs/zonefs/super.c b/fs/zonefs/super.c
index 07bc42d62673cec1fc16f59932db30ecfd285089..abfb17f88f9a222ac2189de08d872a69b206c6f2 100644
--- a/fs/zonefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/zonefs/super.c
@@ -607,14 +607,14 @@ static ssize_t zonefs_file_dio_append(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	int nr_pages;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	nr_pages = iov_iter_npages(from, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
-	if (!nr_pages)
-		return 0;
-
 	max = queue_max_zone_append_sectors(bdev_get_queue(bdev));
 	max = ALIGN_DOWN(max << SECTOR_SHIFT, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
 	iov_iter_truncate(from, max);
 
+	nr_pages = iov_iter_npages(from, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
+	if (!nr_pages)
+		return 0;
+
 	bio = bio_alloc_bioset(GFP_NOFS, nr_pages, &fs_bio_set);
 	if (!bio)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ static int zonefs_create_zgroup(struct zonefs_zone_data *zd,
 	char *file_name;
 	struct dentry *dir;
 	unsigned int n = 0;
-	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* If the group is empty, there is nothing to do */
 	if (!zd->nr_zones[type])
@@ -1135,8 +1135,10 @@ static int zonefs_create_zgroup(struct zonefs_zone_data *zd,
 		zgroup_name = "seq";
 
 	dir = zonefs_create_inode(sb->s_root, zgroup_name, NULL, type);
-	if (!dir)
+	if (!dir) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto free;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * The first zone contains the super block: skip it.
@@ -1174,8 +1176,10 @@ static int zonefs_create_zgroup(struct zonefs_zone_data *zd,
 		 * Use the file number within its group as file name.
 		 */
 		snprintf(file_name, ZONEFS_NAME_MAX - 1, "%u", n);
-		if (!zonefs_create_inode(dir, file_name, zone, type))
+		if (!zonefs_create_inode(dir, file_name, zone, type)) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto free;
+		}
 
 		n++;
 	}