The variable status is being initialized with a value that is never
read and it is being updated later with a new value.  The initialization
is redundant and can be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: NColin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: NTrond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>