diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
index 7bdcbb46deaee6c1da0cd9abc1fcd5834d27371b..ea5d247a3f70bc8817549687c4fcd54d09cf1d92 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
@@ -1229,9 +1229,6 @@ static long ll_dir_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 		/* Get default LMV EA */
 		if (lum.lum_magic == LMV_USER_MAGIC) {
-			if (rc)
-				goto finish_req;
-
 			if (lmmsize > sizeof(*ulmv)) {
 				rc = -EINVAL;
 				goto finish_req;