diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 19a19012a39f..d29d0fcf1fd2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9ff19309a9623f2963ac5a136782ea4d8b5d67fb
+refs/heads/master: 62b62ad873f2accad9222a4d7ffbe1e93f6714c1
diff --git a/trunk/fs/exofs/ore.c b/trunk/fs/exofs/ore.c
index 49cf230554a2..24a49d47e935 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/exofs/ore.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/exofs/ore.c
@@ -735,13 +735,7 @@ static int _prepare_for_striping(struct ore_io_state *ios)
 out:
 	ios->numdevs = devs_in_group;
 	ios->pages_consumed = cur_pg;
-	if (unlikely(ret)) {
-		if (length == ios->length)
-			return ret;
-		else
-			ios->length -= length;
-	}
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int ore_create(struct ore_io_state *ios)