diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
index 80710c62ac29313073399cc16b5c87d01cc81759..fd322565fb0f90da9b66b306fb858c93c9525963 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
@@ -893,10 +893,8 @@ static void pblk_setup_e_rq(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 
 static int pblk_blk_erase_sync(struct pblk *pblk, struct ppa_addr ppa)
 {
-	struct nvm_rq rqd;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	memset(&rqd, 0, sizeof(struct nvm_rq));
+	struct nvm_rq rqd = {NULL};
+	int ret;
 
 	pblk_setup_e_rq(pblk, &rqd, ppa);
 
@@ -904,19 +902,6 @@ static int pblk_blk_erase_sync(struct pblk *pblk, struct ppa_addr ppa)
 	 * with writes. Thus, there is no need to take the LUN semaphore.
 	 */
 	ret = pblk_submit_io_sync(pblk, &rqd);
-	if (ret) {
-		struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev = pblk->dev;
-		struct nvm_geo *geo = &dev->geo;
-
-		pblk_err(pblk, "could not sync erase line:%d,blk:%d\n",
-					pblk_ppa_to_line(ppa),
-					pblk_ppa_to_pos(geo, ppa));
-
-		rqd.error = ret;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-out:
 	rqd.private = pblk;
 	__pblk_end_io_erase(pblk, &rqd);