diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.h b/fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.h
index 62eef5b1dfc6..c955b77d8604 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.h
@@ -239,8 +239,6 @@ int set_state_failrec(struct extent_io_tree *tree, u64 start,
 		      struct io_failure_record *failrec);
 void btrfs_free_io_failure_record(struct btrfs_inode *inode, u64 start,
 		u64 end);
-int btrfs_get_io_failure_record(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
-				struct io_failure_record **failrec_ret);
 int free_io_failure(struct extent_io_tree *failure_tree,
 		    struct extent_io_tree *io_tree,
 		    struct io_failure_record *rec);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 6f0891ad353b..3a0090ee5e0f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -2450,8 +2450,9 @@ void btrfs_free_io_failure_record(struct btrfs_inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end)
 	spin_unlock(&failure_tree->lock);
 }
 
-int btrfs_get_io_failure_record(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
-		struct io_failure_record **failrec_ret)
+static
+struct io_failure_record *btrfs_get_io_failure_record(struct inode *inode,
+						      u64 start, u64 end)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb);
 	struct io_failure_record *failrec;
@@ -2463,64 +2464,7 @@ int btrfs_get_io_failure_record(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
 	u64 logical;
 
 	failrec = get_state_failrec(failure_tree, start);
-	if (IS_ERR(failrec)) {
-		failrec = kzalloc(sizeof(*failrec), GFP_NOFS);
-		if (!failrec)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-
-		failrec->start = start;
-		failrec->len = end - start + 1;
-		failrec->this_mirror = 0;
-		failrec->bio_flags = 0;
-		failrec->in_validation = 0;
-
-		read_lock(&em_tree->lock);
-		em = lookup_extent_mapping(em_tree, start, failrec->len);
-		if (!em) {
-			read_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
-			kfree(failrec);
-			return -EIO;
-		}
-
-		if (em->start > start || em->start + em->len <= start) {
-			free_extent_map(em);
-			em = NULL;
-		}
-		read_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
-		if (!em) {
-			kfree(failrec);
-			return -EIO;
-		}
-
-		logical = start - em->start;
-		logical = em->block_start + logical;
-		if (test_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_COMPRESSED, &em->flags)) {
-			logical = em->block_start;
-			failrec->bio_flags = EXTENT_BIO_COMPRESSED;
-			extent_set_compress_type(&failrec->bio_flags,
-						 em->compress_type);
-		}
-
-		btrfs_debug(fs_info,
-			"Get IO Failure Record: (new) logical=%llu, start=%llu, len=%llu",
-			logical, start, failrec->len);
-
-		failrec->logical = logical;
-		free_extent_map(em);
-
-		/* set the bits in the private failure tree */
-		ret = set_extent_bits(failure_tree, start, end,
-					EXTENT_LOCKED | EXTENT_DIRTY);
-		if (ret >= 0)
-			ret = set_state_failrec(failure_tree, start, failrec);
-		/* set the bits in the inode's tree */
-		if (ret >= 0)
-			ret = set_extent_bits(tree, start, end, EXTENT_DAMAGED);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			kfree(failrec);
-			return ret;
-		}
-	} else {
+	if (!IS_ERR(failrec)) {
 		btrfs_debug(fs_info,
 			"Get IO Failure Record: (found) logical=%llu, start=%llu, len=%llu, validation=%d",
 			failrec->logical, failrec->start, failrec->len,
@@ -2530,11 +2474,67 @@ int btrfs_get_io_failure_record(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
 		 * (e.g. with a list for failed_mirror) to make
 		 * clean_io_failure() clean all those errors at once.
 		 */
+
+		return failrec;
 	}
 
-	*failrec_ret = failrec;
+	failrec = kzalloc(sizeof(*failrec), GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!failrec)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	return 0;
+	failrec->start = start;
+	failrec->len = end - start + 1;
+	failrec->this_mirror = 0;
+	failrec->bio_flags = 0;
+	failrec->in_validation = 0;
+
+	read_lock(&em_tree->lock);
+	em = lookup_extent_mapping(em_tree, start, failrec->len);
+	if (!em) {
+		read_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
+		kfree(failrec);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+	}
+
+	if (em->start > start || em->start + em->len <= start) {
+		free_extent_map(em);
+		em = NULL;
+	}
+	read_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
+	if (!em) {
+		kfree(failrec);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+	}
+
+	logical = start - em->start;
+	logical = em->block_start + logical;
+	if (test_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_COMPRESSED, &em->flags)) {
+		logical = em->block_start;
+		failrec->bio_flags = EXTENT_BIO_COMPRESSED;
+		extent_set_compress_type(&failrec->bio_flags,
+					 em->compress_type);
+	}
+
+	btrfs_debug(fs_info,
+		    "Get IO Failure Record: (new) logical=%llu, start=%llu, len=%llu",
+		    logical, start, failrec->len);
+
+	failrec->logical = logical;
+	free_extent_map(em);
+
+	/* set the bits in the private failure tree */
+	ret = set_extent_bits(failure_tree, start, end,
+			      EXTENT_LOCKED | EXTENT_DIRTY);
+	if (ret >= 0) {
+		ret = set_state_failrec(failure_tree, start, failrec);
+		/* set the bits in the inode's tree */
+		ret = set_extent_bits(tree, start, end, EXTENT_DAMAGED);
+	} else if (ret < 0) {
+		kfree(failrec);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+
+	return failrec;
 }
 
 static bool btrfs_check_repairable(struct inode *inode, bool needs_validation,
@@ -2659,16 +2659,15 @@ blk_status_t btrfs_submit_read_repair(struct inode *inode,
 	struct bio *repair_bio;
 	struct btrfs_io_bio *repair_io_bio;
 	blk_status_t status;
-	int ret;
 
 	btrfs_debug(fs_info,
 		   "repair read error: read error at %llu", start);
 
 	BUG_ON(bio_op(failed_bio) == REQ_OP_WRITE);
 
-	ret = btrfs_get_io_failure_record(inode, start, end, &failrec);
-	if (ret)
-		return errno_to_blk_status(ret);
+	failrec = btrfs_get_io_failure_record(inode, start, end);
+	if (IS_ERR(failrec))
+		return errno_to_blk_status(PTR_ERR(failrec));
 
 	need_validation = btrfs_io_needs_validation(inode, failed_bio);
 
