diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 95c212037095..97970602c3d5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3159,8 +3159,6 @@ zeroit:
 	memset(kaddr + pgoff, 1, len);
 	flush_dcache_page(page);
 	kunmap_atomic(kaddr);
-	if (csum_expected == 0)
-		return 0;
 	return -EIO;
 }