diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/cow_repair.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/cow_repair.c
index b2a83801412e..a3c2ac84b413 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/cow_repair.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/cow_repair.c
@@ -300,18 +300,15 @@ xrep_cow_find_bad(
 	 * on the debugging knob, replace everything in the CoW fork.
 	 */
 	if ((sc->sm->sm_flags & XFS_SCRUB_IFLAG_FORCE_REBUILD) ||
-	    XFS_TEST_ERROR(sc->mp, XFS_ERRTAG_FORCE_SCRUB_REPAIR)) {
+	    XFS_TEST_ERROR(sc->mp, XFS_ERRTAG_FORCE_SCRUB_REPAIR))
 		error = xrep_cow_mark_file_range(xc, xc->irec.br_startblock,
 				xc->irec.br_blockcount);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
-	}
 
 out_sa:
 	xchk_ag_free(sc, &sc->sa);
 out_pag:
 	xfs_perag_put(pag);
-	return 0;
+	return error;
 }
 
 /*