diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index d4c2d636c479..a42143ca0169 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -416,10 +416,9 @@ affs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 			return retval;
 	}
 
-	retval = -EIO;
 	bh = affs_bread(sb, old_dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
 	if (!bh)
-		goto done;
+		return -EIO;
 
 	/* Remove header from its parent directory. */
 	affs_lock_dir(old_dir);