diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 41f74163cc1c9a6db25043e23b764cc69d6cc41c..234337865b96ee0ca2dce9b48e10df64d2af71d7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ SMBLegacyOpen(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	    int *pOplock, FILE_ALL_INFO *pfile_info,
 	    const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap)
 {
-	int rc = -EACCES;
+	int rc;
 	OPENX_REQ *pSMB = NULL;
 	OPENX_RSP *pSMBr = NULL;
 	int bytes_returned;