diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 89d5d433e351..30c9626f96b0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -864,13 +864,8 @@ static int __nfs_pageio_add_request(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 	struct nfs_page *subreq;
 	unsigned int bytes_left = 0;
 	unsigned int offset, pgbase;
-	int ret;
 
-	ret = nfs_page_group_lock(req, true);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		desc->pg_error = ret;
-		return 0;
-	}
+	nfs_page_group_lock(req, false);
 
 	subreq = req;
 	bytes_left = subreq->wb_bytes;
@@ -892,11 +887,7 @@ static int __nfs_pageio_add_request(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 			if (desc->pg_recoalesce)
 				return 0;
 			/* retry add_request for this subreq */
-			ret = nfs_page_group_lock(req, true);
-			if (ret < 0) {
-				desc->pg_error = ret;
-				return 0;
-			}
+			nfs_page_group_lock(req, false);
 			continue;
 		}