diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index fb1140c52f07..f8b7770d1fbb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -2036,8 +2036,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xa_remove(struct ocfs2_xa_loc *loc,
 				rc = 0;
 			ocfs2_xa_cleanup_value_truncate(loc, "removing",
 							orig_clusters);
-			if (rc)
-				goto out;
+			goto out;
 		}
 	}