diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 38b8ab554924cd2d4a9ddf11ce3a79efe3d411cd..54967268a340121ba7c993d7a060b1490c80eb99 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -880,8 +880,6 @@ static int ceph_writepages_start(struct address_space *mapping,
 out:
 	if (req)
 		ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
-	if (rc > 0)
-		rc = 0;  /* vfs expects us to return 0 */
 	ceph_put_snap_context(snapc);
 	dout("writepages done, rc = %d\n", rc);
 	return rc;