diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index c0e48aeebb1c3877862853ec1761bed05e6f9355..960673004df18bde7173f54ca440889c1bdfb540 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -773,18 +773,20 @@ static int ocfs2_sb_probe(struct super_block *sb,
 		if (tmpstat < 0) {
 			status = tmpstat;
 			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
+			break;
 		}
 		di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) (*bh)->b_data;
 		memset(stats, 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_blockcheck_stats));
 		spin_lock_init(&stats->b_lock);
-		status = ocfs2_verify_volume(di, *bh, blksize, stats);
-		if (status >= 0)
-			goto bail;
-		brelse(*bh);
-		*bh = NULL;
-		if (status != -EAGAIN)
+		tmpstat = ocfs2_verify_volume(di, *bh, blksize, stats);
+		if (tmpstat < 0) {
+			brelse(*bh);
+			*bh = NULL;
+		}
+		if (tmpstat != -EAGAIN) {
+			status = tmpstat;
 			break;
+		}
 	}
 
 bail: