diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index e49bd2808bf3..102ae0c582c1 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static unsigned int vfs_dent_type(uint8_t type)
  */
 static int ubifs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 	struct qstr nm;
 	union ubifs_key key;
 	struct ubifs_dent_node *dent;
@@ -452,14 +452,12 @@ out:
 	kfree(file->private_data);
 	file->private_data = NULL;
 
-	if (err != -ENOENT) {
+	if (err != -ENOENT)
 		ubifs_err(c, "cannot find next direntry, error %d", err);
-		return err;
-	}
 
 	/* 2 is a special value indicating that there are no more direntries */
 	ctx->pos = 2;
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 /* Free saved readdir() state when the directory is closed */