diff --git a/fs/erofs/zdata.c b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
index bc80cfe482f7..683703aee5ef 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/zdata.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
@@ -1262,17 +1262,17 @@ static int z_erofs_parse_in_bvecs(struct z_erofs_backend *be, bool *overlapped)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(struct z_erofs_backend *be, int err)
+static int z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(struct z_erofs_backend *be, bool eio)
 {
 	struct erofs_sb_info *const sbi = EROFS_SB(be->sb);
 	struct z_erofs_pcluster *pcl = be->pcl;
 	unsigned int pclusterpages = z_erofs_pclusterpages(pcl);
 	const struct z_erofs_decompressor *decomp =
 				z_erofs_decomp[pcl->algorithmformat];
-	int i, j, jtop, err2;
+	bool try_free = true;
+	int i, j, jtop, err2, err = eio ? -EIO : 0;
 	struct page *page;
 	bool overlapped;
-	bool try_free = true;
 
 	mutex_lock(&pcl->lock);
 	be->nr_pages = PAGE_ALIGN(pcl->length + pcl->pageofs_out) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -1400,12 +1400,12 @@ static int z_erofs_decompress_queue(const struct z_erofs_decompressqueue *io,
 		.pcl = io->head,
 	};
 	struct z_erofs_pcluster *next;
-	int err = io->eio ? -EIO : 0;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	for (; be.pcl != Z_EROFS_PCLUSTER_TAIL; be.pcl = next) {
 		DBG_BUGON(!be.pcl);
 		next = READ_ONCE(be.pcl->next);
-		err = z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(&be, err) ?: err;
+		err = z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(&be, io->eio) ?: err;
 	}
 	return err;
 }