diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
index d4c5fdcfa1e464684be4f3a2c5d31d4c4156b496..f5cf2255dc097296cffedceb7126ae25f675a2c0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static int ocfs2_fast_symlink_read_folio(struct file *f, struct folio *folio)
 
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
-		return status;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) bh->b_data;
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ static int ocfs2_fast_symlink_read_folio(struct file *f, struct folio *folio)
 	memcpy(kaddr, link, len + 1);
 	kunmap_atomic(kaddr);
 	SetPageUptodate(page);
+out:
 	unlock_page(page);
 	brelse(bh);
-	return 0;
+	return status;
 }
 
 const struct address_space_operations ocfs2_fast_symlink_aops = {