diff --git a/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c b/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
index 9c07d5c3e5ad..7066414be6ee 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ btrfs_search_dir_index_item(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *path,
 			return di;
 	}
 	/* Adjust return code if the key was not found in the next leaf. */
-	if (ret > 0)
-		ret = 0;
+	if (ret >= 0)
+		ret = -ENOENT;
 
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index ee04185d8e0f..ea19ea75674d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4293,11 +4293,8 @@ static int btrfs_unlink_subvol(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 */
 	if (btrfs_ino(inode) == BTRFS_EMPTY_SUBVOL_DIR_OBJECTID) {
 		di = btrfs_search_dir_index_item(root, path, dir_ino, &fname.disk_name);
-		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(di)) {
-			if (!di)
-				ret = -ENOENT;
-			else
-				ret = PTR_ERR(di);
+		if (IS_ERR(di)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(di);
 			btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
 			goto out;
 		}