diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index b1446c0da15475caba4eda4709060a2742a2972b..c58bf19a8a483d9ac900aed6bd18944e933b1e6b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -3283,10 +3283,7 @@ int btrfs_resume_balance_async(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	}
 
 	tsk = kthread_run(balance_kthread, fs_info, "btrfs-balance");
-	if (IS_ERR(tsk))
-		return PTR_ERR(tsk);
-
-	return 0;
+	return PTR_RET(tsk);
 }
 
 int btrfs_recover_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)