diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/zdata.c b/drivers/staging/erofs/zdata.c
index 2d7aaf98f7de9..87b0c96caf8fc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/zdata.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/zdata.c
@@ -1307,19 +1307,18 @@ static int z_erofs_vle_normalaccess_readpage(struct file *file,
 	err = z_erofs_do_read_page(&f, page, &pagepool);
 	(void)z_erofs_collector_end(&f.clt);
 
-	if (err) {
+	/* if some compressed cluster ready, need submit them anyway */
+	z_erofs_submit_and_unzip(inode->i_sb, &f.clt, &pagepool, true);
+
+	if (err)
 		errln("%s, failed to read, err [%d]", __func__, err);
-		goto out;
-	}
 
-	z_erofs_submit_and_unzip(inode->i_sb, &f.clt, &pagepool, true);
-out:
 	if (f.map.mpage)
 		put_page(f.map.mpage);
 
 	/* clean up the remaining free pages */
 	put_pages_list(&pagepool);
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static bool should_decompress_synchronously(struct erofs_sb_info *sbi,