diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index c07bcceb2619f92d96ab2780eaffd269ab32f34c..40eb3019e9668425c56101adfb69b8b42c57bd7a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -1928,9 +1928,7 @@ static int ext4_convert_meta_bg(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 
 errout:
 	ret = ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-	if (!err)
-		err = ret;
-	return ret;
+	return err ? err : ret;
 
 invalid_resize_inode:
 	ext4_error(sb, "corrupted/inconsistent resize inode");