1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 48c9ae09f3d6..50ca088d8860 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -307,11 +307,9 @@ int cifs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
                 rc = 0;
                 FreeXid(xid);
                 return rc;
-        } else {
-                if ((file->f_flags & O_CREAT) && (file->f_flags & O_EXCL))
+        } else if ((file->f_flags & O_CREAT) && (file->f_flags & O_EXCL))
                         cERROR(1, ("could not find file instance for "
                                    "new file %p", file));
-        }
 
         full_path = build_path_from_dentry(file->f_path.dentry);
         if (full_path == NULL) {