diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 41f74163cc1c9..234337865b96e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ SMBLegacyOpen(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	    int *pOplock, FILE_ALL_INFO *pfile_info,
 	    const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap)
 {
-	int rc = -EACCES;
+	int rc;
 	OPENX_REQ *pSMB = NULL;
 	OPENX_RSP *pSMBr = NULL;
 	int bytes_returned;