diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 1dce12f41a4f..e6161b213ed1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -6602,8 +6602,6 @@ static int nfs4_xdr_dec_secinfo(struct rpc_rqst *rqstp,
 	if (status)
 		goto out;
 	status = decode_secinfo(xdr, res);
-	if (status)
-		goto out;
 out:
 	return status;
 }