diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_verbs.c
index 4a4c8d6f71c8c0ede4727f0478c1e0f7461abcf2..a8496a18e20d667614cf7b2c71408cc046c22b3d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_verbs.c
@@ -1494,9 +1494,7 @@ int _ocrdma_modify_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct ib_qp_attr *attr,
 	 */
 	if (status < 0)
 		return status;
-	status = ocrdma_mbx_modify_qp(dev, qp, attr, attr_mask);
-
-	return status;
+	return ocrdma_mbx_modify_qp(dev, qp, attr, attr_mask);
 }
 
 int ocrdma_modify_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct ib_qp_attr *attr,