diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 07caf44d575..9951e66b850 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -3227,7 +3227,7 @@ static int rbd_obj_read_sync(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev,
 	page_count = (u32) calc_pages_for(offset, length);
 	pages = ceph_alloc_page_vector(page_count, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (IS_ERR(pages))
-		ret = PTR_ERR(pages);
+		return PTR_ERR(pages);
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	obj_request = rbd_obj_request_create(object_name, offset, length,