1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index f8be1c288a1c..f9ed946a448e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2368,7 +2368,6 @@ static int ext4_init_new_dir(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
         }
 
         inode->i_size = EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = blocksize;
-        dir_block = ext4_bread(handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
         if (!(dir_block = ext4_bread(handle, inode, 0, 1, &err))) {
                 if (!err) {
                         err = -EIO;