diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 319e786175afed345660719cfeb4c245741a2461..940be6d994a92726cddec8f0e63672a91405d8db 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -3513,7 +3513,6 @@ static int ocfs2_find_dir_space_el(struct inode *dir, const char *name,
 		de = (struct ocfs2_dir_entry *)((char *) de + le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len));
 	}
 
-	status = 0;
 bail:
 	brelse(bh);
 	if (status)