diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index baf9689904752197cd5d092a01b6d87cbd5447d5..6c40944cb83de777be1d6fbbc547ac9aea95552a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -3416,16 +3416,11 @@ static int nfs4_lookup_root_sec(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandl
 		.pseudoflavor = flavor,
 	};
 	struct rpc_auth *auth;
-	int ret;
 
 	auth = rpcauth_create(&auth_args, server->client);
-	if (IS_ERR(auth)) {
-		ret = -EACCES;
-		goto out;
-	}
-	ret = nfs4_lookup_root(server, fhandle, info);
-out:
-	return ret;
+	if (IS_ERR(auth))
+		return -EACCES;
+	return nfs4_lookup_root(server, fhandle, info);
 }
 
 /*