diff --git a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
index 4c42092624379..ba979fcf1cd3a 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
@@ -760,7 +760,6 @@ static int do_one_pass(journal_t *journal,
 				 */
 				jbd_debug(1, "JBD2: Invalid checksum ignored in transaction %u, likely stale data\n",
 					  next_commit_ID);
-				err = 0;
 				brelse(bh);
 				goto done;
 			}