diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
index bc846b904b68d..0900fcad2d0c2 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ static bool nilfs_check_folio(struct folio *folio, char *kaddr)
 		    dir->i_ino, (folio->index << PAGE_SHIFT) + offs,
 		    (unsigned long)le64_to_cpu(p->inode));
 fail:
-	folio_set_error(folio);
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index aa5290cb7467c..8654ab8ad5340 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -1725,14 +1725,8 @@ static void nilfs_end_folio_io(struct folio *folio, int err)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (!err) {
-		if (!nilfs_folio_buffers_clean(folio))
-			filemap_dirty_folio(folio->mapping, folio);
-		folio_clear_error(folio);
-	} else {
+	if (err || !nilfs_folio_buffers_clean(folio))
 		filemap_dirty_folio(folio->mapping, folio);
-		folio_set_error(folio);
-	}
 
 	folio_end_writeback(folio);
 }