diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/file.c b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
index f9c9a8c91b46d..424450e77ad52 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
@@ -793,8 +793,6 @@ int ntfs3_setattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 static ssize_t ntfs_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
-	ssize_t err;
-	size_t count = iov_iter_count(iter);
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	struct ntfs_inode *ni = ntfs_i(inode);
@@ -823,9 +821,7 @@ static ssize_t ntfs_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
-	err = count ? generic_file_read_iter(iocb, iter) : 0;
-
-	return err;
+	return generic_file_read_iter(iocb, iter);
 }
 
 /*