1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 9d92c859ac94..05ad1186a167 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1174,10 +1174,9 @@ struct buffer_head *ocfs2_bread(struct inode *inode,
         return bh;
 
 fail:
-        if (bh) {
-                brelse(bh);
-                bh = NULL;
-        }
+        brelse(bh);
+        bh = NULL;
+
         *err = -EIO;
         return NULL;
 }