diff --git a/src/cluster.c b/src/cluster.c
index be89db32b19c7929db3179505f964daad6c67667..27c1f55a457b91afc3a6db7ee028cfee73fafaf0 100644
--- a/src/cluster.c
+++ b/src/cluster.c
@@ -1450,30 +1450,22 @@ int clusterDelSlot(int slot) {
  * Cluster state evaluation function
  * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 void clusterUpdateState(void) {
-    int ok = 1;
     int j;
 
+    /* Start assuming the state is OK. We'll turn it into FAIL if there
+     * are the right conditions. */
+    server.cluster->state = REDIS_CLUSTER_OK;
+
     /* Check if all the slots are covered. */
     for (j = 0; j < REDIS_CLUSTER_SLOTS; j++) {
         if (server.cluster->slots[j] == NULL ||
             server.cluster->slots[j]->flags & (REDIS_NODE_FAIL))
         {
-            ok = 0;
+            server.cluster->state = REDIS_CLUSTER_FAIL;
             break;
         }
     }
 
-    /* Update cluster->state accordingly. */
-    if (ok) {
-        if (server.cluster->state == REDIS_CLUSTER_NEEDHELP) {
-            server.cluster->state = REDIS_CLUSTER_NEEDHELP;
-        } else {
-            server.cluster->state = REDIS_CLUSTER_OK;
-        }
-    } else {
-        server.cluster->state = REDIS_CLUSTER_FAIL;
-    }
-
     /* Compute the cluster size, that is the number of master nodes
      * serving at least a single slot. */
     {
diff --git a/src/redis.h b/src/redis.h
index 276f07ead64015d4f3c774b2a33f1c02dd81ac72..27f8743da8c1d19342d7328ed3854e27b2ce4c8d 100644
--- a/src/redis.h
+++ b/src/redis.h
@@ -518,7 +518,6 @@ typedef struct redisOpArray {
 #define REDIS_CLUSTER_SLOTS 16384
 #define REDIS_CLUSTER_OK 0          /* Everything looks ok */
 #define REDIS_CLUSTER_FAIL 1        /* The cluster can't work */
-#define REDIS_CLUSTER_NEEDHELP 2    /* The cluster works, but needs some help */
 #define REDIS_CLUSTER_NAMELEN 40    /* sha1 hex length */
 #define REDIS_CLUSTER_PORT_INCR 10000 /* Cluster port = baseport + PORT_INCR */