diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 1e86823a9cbd..e4cba21a627e 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ ssize_t blkdev_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 		ssize_t err;
 
 		err = generic_write_sync(file, pos, ret);
-		if (err < 0 && ret > 0)
+		if (err < 0)
 			ret = err;
 	}
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 0165b8672f09..7331a230e30b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1797,7 +1797,7 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->last_sub_trans = root->log_transid;
 	if (num_written > 0) {
 		err = generic_write_sync(file, pos, num_written);
-		if (err < 0 && num_written > 0)
+		if (err < 0)
 			num_written = err;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 1a5073959f32..6db7f7db7777 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ ext4_file_dio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 		ssize_t err;
 
 		err = generic_write_sync(file, iocb->ki_pos - ret, ret);
-		if (err < 0 && ret > 0)
+		if (err < 0)
 			ret = err;
 	}
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);