diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 5f94414f33362d73f503415f6427a285a5353a5f..3a7648bff42cacb25832ca56c7a49b28eb615b92 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -2335,16 +2335,15 @@ read_block_for_search(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *p,
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
 	u64 blocknr;
 	u64 gen;
-	struct extent_buffer *b = *eb_ret;
 	struct extent_buffer *tmp;
 	struct btrfs_key first_key;
 	int ret;
 	int parent_level;
 
-	blocknr = btrfs_node_blockptr(b, slot);
-	gen = btrfs_node_ptr_generation(b, slot);
-	parent_level = btrfs_header_level(b);
-	btrfs_node_key_to_cpu(b, &first_key, slot);
+	blocknr = btrfs_node_blockptr(*eb_ret, slot);
+	gen = btrfs_node_ptr_generation(*eb_ret, slot);
+	parent_level = btrfs_header_level(*eb_ret);
+	btrfs_node_key_to_cpu(*eb_ret, &first_key, slot);
 
 	tmp = find_extent_buffer(fs_info, blocknr);
 	if (tmp) {