1 files changed, 6 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
index 2c44c5c10987..934b3fc7bfc9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@ static void __setup_btree_details(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
         pmd->details_info.value_type.equal = NULL;
 }
 
-static int __begin_transaction(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd);
 static int __write_initial_superblock(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 {
         int r;
@@ -478,11 +477,7 @@ static int __write_initial_superblock(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
         disk_super->metadata_nr_blocks = cpu_to_le64(bdev_size >> SECTOR_TO_BLOCK_SHIFT);
         disk_super->data_block_size = cpu_to_le32(pmd->data_block_size);
 
-        r = dm_tm_commit(pmd->tm, sblock);
-        if (r)
-                return r;
-
-        return __begin_transaction(pmd);
+        return dm_tm_commit(pmd->tm, sblock);
 
 bad_locked:
         dm_bm_unlock(sblock);
@@ -800,13 +795,11 @@ struct dm_pool_metadata *dm_pool_metadata_open(struct block_device *bdev,
                 return ERR_PTR(r);
         }
 
-        if (!create) {
-                r = __begin_transaction(pmd);
-                if (r < 0) {
-                        if (dm_pool_metadata_close(pmd) < 0)
-                                DMWARN("%s: dm_pool_metadata_close() failed.", __func__);
-                        return ERR_PTR(r);
-                }
+        r = __begin_transaction(pmd);
+        if (r < 0) {
+                if (dm_pool_metadata_close(pmd) < 0)
+                        DMWARN("%s: dm_pool_metadata_close() failed.", __func__);
+                return ERR_PTR(r);
         }
 
         return pmd;