diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 3a11ae63676ea8a299828c18fc772e74e57a07e5..f05fcc67efa6fe4a5f43013d18480a1feea29faf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -1143,8 +1143,6 @@ static inline int __add_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				goto again;
 			}
 			kfree(victim_name);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
 next:
 			cur_offset += victim_name_len + sizeof(*extref);
 		}