diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 72bfac2d6dce..215b7068f548 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -6299,7 +6299,6 @@ __releases(ext4_group_lock_ptr(sb, e4b->bd_group))
 {
 	ext4_grpblk_t next, count, free_count;
 	void *bitmap;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	bitmap = e4b->bd_bitmap;
 	start = (e4b->bd_info->bb_first_free > start) ?
@@ -6314,10 +6313,10 @@ __releases(ext4_group_lock_ptr(sb, e4b->bd_group))
 		next = mb_find_next_bit(bitmap, max + 1, start);
 
 		if ((next - start) >= minblocks) {
-			ret = ext4_trim_extent(sb, start, next - start, e4b);
+			int ret = ext4_trim_extent(sb, start, next - start, e4b);
+
 			if (ret && ret != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 				break;
-			ret = 0;
 			count += next - start;
 		}
 		free_count += next - start;