diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 347b6f6e9ffd..4303998d8fd1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7e4053645a67097fa9bec2794d685b1d3928757a
+refs/heads/master: a8cddc5dfc1d03a91885ef27eb91418e665577ce
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 7c7d01672d35..21497321a525 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/trunk/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();