diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.c b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
index f30bd1ec63b9444067dcd282a00d5a69db8f299b..57db3244f4d967dd5479dbf3ab883c6d28cc2cbd 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
@@ -70,11 +70,9 @@ static int nfs_delegation_claim_locks(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct nfs4_
 	struct file_lock *fl;
 	int status = 0;
 
-	if (inode->i_flock == NULL)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (inode->i_flock == NULL)
 		goto out;
+
 	/* Protect inode->i_flock using the file locks lock */
 	lock_flocks();
 	for (fl = inode->i_flock; fl != NULL; fl = fl->fl_next) {