diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 0f76aea6e398e746fef83374aa9be021767f7a80..03df0bbb445d8ab62d920d8c5b6937fb6b70a70c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -4847,8 +4847,8 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_qgroup_assign(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	/* update qgroup status and info */
 	err = btrfs_run_qgroups(trans, root->fs_info);
 	if (err < 0)
-		btrfs_handle_fs_error(root->fs_info, ret,
-			    "failed to update qgroup status and info\n");
+		btrfs_handle_fs_error(root->fs_info, err,
+			    "failed to update qgroup status and info");
 	err = btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
 	if (err && !ret)
 		ret = err;