diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
index 3d3ea84cca079545fcdfedc8eee27df9dc67c402..bb0ee7c604c7658750c4dd7b85b80783e89af22e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
@@ -2473,14 +2473,12 @@ qla82xx_load_fw(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 		ql_log(ql_log_info, vha, 0x00a5,
 		    "Firmware loaded successfully from binary blob.\n");
 		return QLA_SUCCESS;
-	} else {
-		ql_log(ql_log_fatal, vha, 0x00a6,
-		    "Firmware load failed for binary blob.\n");
-		blob->fw = NULL;
-		blob = NULL;
-		goto fw_load_failed;
 	}
-	return QLA_SUCCESS;
+
+	ql_log(ql_log_fatal, vha, 0x00a6,
+	       "Firmware load failed for binary blob.\n");
+	blob->fw = NULL;
+	blob = NULL;
 
 fw_load_failed:
 	return QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED;