diff --git a/fs/cifs/fs_context.c b/fs/cifs/fs_context.c
index 0afccbbed2e6..076bcadc756a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/fs_context.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/fs_context.c
@@ -303,8 +303,6 @@ do {									\
 int
 smb3_fs_context_dup(struct smb3_fs_context *new_ctx, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx)
 {
-	int rc = 0;
-
 	memcpy(new_ctx, ctx, sizeof(*ctx));
 	new_ctx->prepath = NULL;
 	new_ctx->mount_options = NULL;
@@ -327,7 +325,7 @@ smb3_fs_context_dup(struct smb3_fs_context *new_ctx, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx
 	DUP_CTX_STR(nodename);
 	DUP_CTX_STR(iocharset);
 
-	return rc;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int