diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 6c2a37d..7f6fb48 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_try_to_merge_right(struct inode *inode,
 
 /*
  * This function tries to merge the @ex extent to neighbours in the tree.
- * return 1 if merge left else 0.
+ * return 1 if merged else 0.
  */
 static int ext4_ext_try_to_merge(struct inode *inode,
 				  struct ext4_ext_path *path,
@@ -1665,7 +1665,6 @@ static int ext4_ext_try_to_merge(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ext4_extent_header *eh;
 	unsigned int depth;
 	int merge_done = 0;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	depth = ext_depth(inode);
 	BUG_ON(path[depth].p_hdr == NULL);
@@ -1675,9 +1674,9 @@ static int ext4_ext_try_to_merge(struct inode *inode,
 		merge_done = ext4_ext_try_to_merge_right(inode, path, ex - 1);
 
 	if (!merge_done)
-		ret = ext4_ext_try_to_merge_right(inode, path, ex);
+		merge_done = ext4_ext_try_to_merge_right(inode, path, ex);
 
-	return ret;
+	return merge_done;
 }
 
 /*