diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index bd073836e141..436641369283 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -440,16 +440,9 @@ static struct page *reiserfs_get_page(struct inode *dir, size_t n)
 	 */
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_NOFS);
 	page = read_mapping_page(mapping, n >> PAGE_SHIFT, NULL);
-	if (!IS_ERR(page)) {
+	if (!IS_ERR(page))
 		kmap(page);
-		if (PageError(page))
-			goto fail;
-	}
 	return page;
-
-fail:
-	reiserfs_put_page(page);
-	return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 }
 
 static inline __u32 xattr_hash(const char *msg, int len)