diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 384b6eb..491f022 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1673,12 +1673,9 @@
 	 * block_write_full_page() succeeded.  Otherwise they are unmapped,
 	 * and generally junk.
 	 */
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		err = walk_page_buffers(handle, page_bufs, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
+	if (ret == 0)
+		ret = walk_page_buffers(handle, page_bufs, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
 					NULL, journal_dirty_data_fn);
-		if (!ret)
-			ret = err;
-	}
 	walk_page_buffers(handle, page_bufs, 0,
 			PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, NULL, bput_one);
 	err = ext3_journal_stop(handle);