diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 773b3ddc2cd7..c1e24da4dfec 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -3004,15 +3004,16 @@ int f2fs_transfer_project_quota(struct inode *inode, kprojid_t kprojid)
 	struct dquot *transfer_to[MAXQUOTAS] = {};
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
 	struct super_block *sb = sbi->sb;
-	int err = 0;
+	int err;
 
 	transfer_to[PRJQUOTA] = dqget(sb, make_kqid_projid(kprojid));
-	if (!IS_ERR(transfer_to[PRJQUOTA])) {
-		err = __dquot_transfer(inode, transfer_to);
-		if (err)
-			set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_QUOTA_NEED_REPAIR);
-		dqput(transfer_to[PRJQUOTA]);
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(transfer_to[PRJQUOTA]))
+		return PTR_ERR(transfer_to[PRJQUOTA]);
+
+	err = __dquot_transfer(inode, transfer_to);
+	if (err)
+		set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_QUOTA_NEED_REPAIR);
+	dqput(transfer_to[PRJQUOTA]);
 	return err;
 }