diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index a565c5aafa524595a3fe884db4fa5185fa596640..8462ada86e912ad4ef6b4bd9bd81cff2e1070de2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1136,8 +1136,6 @@ static int loop_configure(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 	if (error)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	error = 0;
-
 	set_device_ro(bdev, (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY) != 0);
 
 	lo->use_dio = lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO;