diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index 939f84adbbdae18ed7dbb04acb5a8e1cb44db0ef..8de0b9fc975bd6ef2098f80abb8c71d3ddfa8001 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -1246,7 +1246,6 @@ void rpcrdma_complete_rqst(struct rpcrdma_rep *rep)
 out_badheader:
 	trace_xprtrdma_reply_hdr(rep);
 	r_xprt->rx_stats.bad_reply_count++;
-	status = -EIO;
 	goto out;
 }