diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index b2c52b3a1484..25aced3b0c7d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ static int ocfs2_write_cluster(struct address_space *mapping,
 		if (tmpret) {
 			mlog_errno(tmpret);
 			if (ret == 0)
-				tmpret = ret;
+				ret = tmpret;
 		}
 	}