diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 6a095e996221..3f13ff0affdb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -2640,7 +2640,6 @@ int btrfs_repair_one_sector(struct inode *inode,
 	const int icsum = bio_offset >> fs_info->sectorsize_bits;
 	struct bio *repair_bio;
 	struct btrfs_bio *repair_bbio;
-	blk_status_t status;
 
 	btrfs_debug(fs_info,
 		   "repair read error: read error at %llu", start);
@@ -2679,13 +2678,13 @@ int btrfs_repair_one_sector(struct inode *inode,
 		    "repair read error: submitting new read to mirror %d",
 		    failrec->this_mirror);
 
-	status = submit_bio_hook(inode, repair_bio, failrec->this_mirror,
-				 failrec->bio_flags);
-	if (status) {
-		free_io_failure(failure_tree, tree, failrec);
-		bio_put(repair_bio);
-	}
-	return blk_status_to_errno(status);
+	/*
+	 * At this point we have a bio, so any errors from submit_bio_hook()
+	 * will be handled by the endio on the repair_bio, so we can't return an
+	 * error here.
+	 */
+	submit_bio_hook(inode, repair_bio, failrec->this_mirror, failrec->bio_flags);
+	return BLK_STS_OK;
 }
 
 static void end_page_read(struct page *page, bool uptodate, u64 start, u32 len)