diff --git a/net/rds/ib_cm.c b/net/rds/ib_cm.c
index ce3775abc6e7a1d30e335aaea749a9840e949786..11d535b161255124510cd4ab2a8f7dcc62c2eaae 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_cm.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_cm.c
@@ -677,9 +677,8 @@ int rds_ib_cm_handle_connect(struct rdma_cm_id *cm_id,
 		event->param.conn.initiator_depth);
 
 	/* rdma_accept() calls rdma_reject() internally if it fails */
-	err = rdma_accept(cm_id, &conn_param);
-	if (err)
-		rds_ib_conn_error(conn, "rdma_accept failed (%d)\n", err);
+	if (rdma_accept(cm_id, &conn_param))
+		rds_ib_conn_error(conn, "rdma_accept failed\n");
 
 out:
 	if (conn)