diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index 01b8b570d6ed..e29b5a5ccdd6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -4950,12 +4950,8 @@ static int __process_deleted_xattr(int num, struct btrfs_key *di_key,
 
 static int process_new_xattr(struct send_ctx *sctx)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	ret = iterate_dir_item(sctx->send_root, sctx->left_path,
-			       __process_new_xattr, sctx);
-
-	return ret;
+	return iterate_dir_item(sctx->send_root, sctx->left_path,
+				__process_new_xattr, sctx);
 }
 
 static int process_deleted_xattr(struct send_ctx *sctx)