diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 7c7d01672d35..21497321a525 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -2252,8 +2252,9 @@ nfsd4_open_confirm(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *current_fh, struct nfs
 			(int)current_fh->fh_dentry->d_name.len,
 			current_fh->fh_dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	if ((status = fh_verify(rqstp, current_fh, S_IFREG, 0)))
-		goto out;
+	status = fh_verify(rqstp, current_fh, S_IFREG, 0);
+	if (status)
+		return status;
 
 	nfs4_lock_state();