diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
index 5022b3e9bfcd..dfaae1e52412 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ static int ocfs2_local_free_info(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 	struct ocfs2_quota_chunk *chunk;
 	struct ocfs2_local_disk_chunk *dchunk;
 	int mark_clean = 1, len;
-	int status;
+	int status = 0;
 
 	iput(oinfo->dqi_gqinode);
 	ocfs2_simple_drop_lockres(OCFS2_SB(sb), &oinfo->dqi_gqlock);
@@ -853,17 +853,14 @@ static int ocfs2_local_free_info(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 				 oinfo->dqi_libh,
 				 olq_update_info,
 				 info);
-	if (status < 0) {
+	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 out:
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(sb_dqopt(sb)->files[type], 1);
 	brelse(oinfo->dqi_libh);
 	brelse(oinfo->dqi_lqi_bh);
 	kfree(oinfo);
-	return 0;
+	return status;
 }
 
 static void olq_set_dquot(struct buffer_head *bh, void *private)