diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index c17d6b827b42..375c4642f480 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -1787,6 +1787,7 @@ static noinline int fixup_inode_link_counts(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			break;
 
 		if (ret == 1) {
+			ret = 0;
 			if (path->slots[0] == 0)
 				break;
 			path->slots[0]--;
@@ -1799,17 +1800,19 @@ static noinline int fixup_inode_link_counts(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 		ret = btrfs_del_item(trans, root, path);
 		if (ret)
-			goto out;
+			break;
 
 		btrfs_release_path(path);
 		inode = read_one_inode(root, key.offset);
-		if (!inode)
-			return -EIO;
+		if (!inode) {
+			ret = -EIO;
+			break;
+		}
 
 		ret = fixup_inode_link_count(trans, root, inode);
 		iput(inode);
 		if (ret)
-			goto out;
+			break;
 
 		/*
 		 * fixup on a directory may create new entries,
@@ -1818,8 +1821,6 @@ static noinline int fixup_inode_link_counts(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		 */
 		key.offset = (u64)-1;
 	}
-	ret = 0;
-out:
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 	return ret;
 }