diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c b/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
index c3b7807..2768eb1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
@@ -1004,10 +1004,8 @@
 	BUG_ON(conn == NULL);
 
 	lc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_live_connection), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!lc) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!lc)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&lc->oc_wait);
 	init_completion(&lc->oc_sync_wait);