1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index cca71317b6d6..f1d1c342ce01 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -558,16 +558,9 @@ static int ocfs2_direct_IO_get_blocks(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
         u64 vbo_max; /* file offset, max_blocks from iblock */
         u64 p_blkno;
         int contig_blocks;
-        unsigned char blocksize_bits;
+        unsigned char blocksize_bits = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits;
         unsigned long max_blocks = bh_result->b_size >> inode->i_blkbits;
 
-        if (!inode || !bh_result) {
-                mlog(ML_ERROR, "inode or bh_result is null\n");
-                return -EIO;
-        }
-
-        blocksize_bits = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits;
-
         /* This function won't even be called if the request isn't all
          * nicely aligned and of the right size, so there's no need
          * for us to check any of that. */