diff --git a/fs/ubifs/budget.c b/fs/ubifs/budget.c
index c0b84e960b20c138b1e3fe1cfe77c13f32a9428e..e8b9b756f0acaa488ed2c8739a58d05a985213c9 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/budget.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/budget.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static void shrink_liability(struct ubifs_info *c, int nr_to_write)
  */
 static int run_gc(struct ubifs_info *c)
 {
-	int err, lnum;
+	int lnum;
 
 	/* Make some free space by garbage-collecting dirty space */
 	down_read(&c->commit_sem);
@@ -76,10 +76,7 @@ static int run_gc(struct ubifs_info *c)
 
 	/* GC freed one LEB, return it to lprops */
 	dbg_budg("GC freed LEB %d", lnum);
-	err = ubifs_return_leb(c, lnum);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-	return 0;
+	return ubifs_return_leb(c, lnum);
 }
 
 /**