diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index e97446fc9e10..6a085a4d5d61 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9623,7 +9623,6 @@ int btrfs_encoded_read_regular_fill_pages(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 	struct completion sync_reads;
 	unsigned long i = 0;
 	struct btrfs_bio *bbio;
-	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * Fast path for synchronous reads which completes in this call, io_uring
@@ -9670,10 +9669,10 @@ int btrfs_encoded_read_regular_fill_pages(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 
 	if (uring_ctx) {
 		if (refcount_dec_and_test(&priv->pending_refs)) {
-			ret = blk_status_to_errno(READ_ONCE(priv->status));
-			btrfs_uring_read_extent_endio(uring_ctx, ret);
+			int error = blk_status_to_errno(READ_ONCE(priv->status));
+
+			btrfs_uring_read_extent_endio(uring_ctx, error);
 			kfree(priv);
-			return ret;
 		}
 
 		return -EIOCBQUEUED;