diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 9357a19d2bff2..fb688c4aa34fc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5807,16 +5807,10 @@ static int btrfs_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 static struct dentry *btrfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 				   unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
-
-	inode = btrfs_lookup_dentry(dir, dentry);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-		if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ENOENT)
-			inode = NULL;
-		else
-			return ERR_CAST(inode);
-	}
+	struct inode *inode = btrfs_lookup_dentry(dir, dentry);
 
+	if (inode == ERR_PTR(-ENOENT))
+		inode = NULL;
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }