diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 4317ed3ad830..d3619e010005 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -2458,7 +2458,7 @@ void end_extent_writepage(struct page *page, int err, u64 start, u64 end)
 	if (!uptodate) {
 		ClearPageUptodate(page);
 		SetPageError(page);
-		ret = ret < 0 ? ret : -EIO;
+		ret = err < 0 ? err : -EIO;
 		mapping_set_error(page->mapping, ret);
 	}
 }