diff --git a/fs/erofs/zdata.c b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
index 5c3f6ac41728..5551f36c6462 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/zdata.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
@@ -1191,7 +1191,6 @@ static void z_erofs_submit_queue(struct super_block *sb,
 
 		do {
 			struct page *page;
-			int err;
 
 			page = pickup_page_for_submission(pcl, i++, pagepool,
 							  MNGD_MAPPING(sbi),
@@ -1217,8 +1216,7 @@ submit_bio_retry:
 				++nr_bios;
 			}
 
-			err = bio_add_page(bio, page, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
-			if (err < PAGE_SIZE)
+			if (bio_add_page(bio, page, PAGE_SIZE, 0) < PAGE_SIZE)
 				goto submit_bio_retry;
 
 			last_index = cur;