diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 3523b895eb4b..5a97bcfe03e5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -516,8 +516,6 @@ static int nfs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	ret = nfs_updatepage(filp, page, 0, pagelen);
-	if (ret == 0)
-		ret = pagelen;
 out_unlock:
 	unlock_page(page);
 	if (ret)