diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
index 84fca91dacf1..326294a4918f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
@@ -285,13 +285,9 @@ done:
 static bool
 xfs_ioend_can_merge(
 	struct xfs_ioend	*ioend,
-	int			ioend_error,
 	struct xfs_ioend	*next)
 {
-	int			next_error;
-
-	next_error = blk_status_to_errno(next->io_bio->bi_status);
-	if (ioend_error != next_error)
+	if (ioend->io_bio->bi_status != next->io_bio->bi_status)
 		return false;
 	if ((ioend->io_fork == XFS_COW_FORK) ^ (next->io_fork == XFS_COW_FORK))
 		return false;
@@ -329,17 +325,11 @@ xfs_ioend_try_merge(
 	struct list_head	*more_ioends)
 {
 	struct xfs_ioend	*next_ioend;
-	int			ioend_error;
-
-	if (list_empty(more_ioends))
-		return;
-
-	ioend_error = blk_status_to_errno(ioend->io_bio->bi_status);
 
 	while (!list_empty(more_ioends)) {
 		next_ioend = list_first_entry(more_ioends, struct xfs_ioend,
 				io_list);
-		if (!xfs_ioend_can_merge(ioend, ioend_error, next_ioend))
+		if (!xfs_ioend_can_merge(ioend, next_ioend))
 			break;
 		list_move_tail(&next_ioend->io_list, &ioend->io_list);
 		ioend->io_size += next_ioend->io_size;