diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index b577e172c95b..3e892b05e62b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1639,17 +1639,15 @@ _nfs4_opendata_reclaim_to_nfs4_state(struct nfs4_opendata *data)
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!data->rpc_done) {
-		if (data->rpc_status) {
-			ret = data->rpc_status;
-			goto err;
-		}
+		if (data->rpc_status)
+			return ERR_PTR(data->rpc_status);
 		/* cached opens have already been processed */
 		goto update;
 	}
 
 	ret = nfs_refresh_inode(inode, &data->f_attr);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err;
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 	if (data->o_res.delegation_type != 0)
 		nfs4_opendata_check_deleg(data, state);
@@ -1659,9 +1657,6 @@ update:
 	atomic_inc(&state->count);
 
 	return state;
-err:
-	return ERR_PTR(ret);
-
 }
 
 static struct nfs4_state *