diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 541e796e6db58f3ae3e17fa9e1a478860dc169b2..8dba6bd485578695fb791f8aa548bc8ac99b4391 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -6225,7 +6225,8 @@ static int nfs4_xdr_dec_open(struct rpc_rqst *rqstp, struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 	status = decode_open(xdr, res);
 	if (status)
 		goto out;
-	if (decode_getfh(xdr, &res->fh) != 0)
+	status = decode_getfh(xdr, &res->fh);
+	if (status)
 		goto out;
 	decode_getfattr(xdr, res->f_attr, res->server);
 out: