diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index eb62724bbe9b..93eff38fdadd 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -930,7 +930,6 @@ struct dlm_lock_resource * dlm_get_lock_resource(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 	if (blocked)
 		goto wait;
 
-	ret = -EINVAL;
 	dlm_node_iter_init(mle->vote_map, &iter);
 	while ((nodenum = dlm_node_iter_next(&iter)) >= 0) {
 		ret = dlm_do_master_request(res, mle, nodenum);