diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.c
index 0d1e6ee3e99246d5b613641237df8ea01a1dcfd2..a0ae5fc0ad75b5079fc7932f6dacbb19b2c68a64 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.c
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ static int iscsit_dataout_check_datasn(
 	struct iscsi_cmd *cmd,
 	unsigned char *buf)
 {
-	int dump = 0, recovery = 0;
 	u32 data_sn = 0;
 	struct iscsi_conn *conn = cmd->conn;
 	struct iscsi_data *hdr = (struct iscsi_data *) buf;
@@ -370,13 +369,11 @@ static int iscsit_dataout_check_datasn(
 		pr_err("Command ITT: 0x%08x, received DataSN: 0x%08x"
 			" higher than expected 0x%08x.\n", cmd->init_task_tag,
 				be32_to_cpu(hdr->datasn), data_sn);
-		recovery = 1;
 		goto recover;
 	} else if (be32_to_cpu(hdr->datasn) < data_sn) {
 		pr_err("Command ITT: 0x%08x, received DataSN: 0x%08x"
 			" lower than expected 0x%08x, discarding payload.\n",
 			cmd->init_task_tag, be32_to_cpu(hdr->datasn), data_sn);
-		dump = 1;
 		goto dump;
 	}
 
@@ -392,8 +389,7 @@ static int iscsit_dataout_check_datasn(
 	if (iscsit_dump_data_payload(conn, payload_length, 1) < 0)
 		return DATAOUT_CANNOT_RECOVER;
 
-	return (recovery || dump) ? DATAOUT_WITHIN_COMMAND_RECOVERY :
-				DATAOUT_NORMAL;
+	return DATAOUT_WITHIN_COMMAND_RECOVERY;
 }
 
 static int iscsit_dataout_pre_datapduinorder_yes(