rpc: remove redundant initialization of variable status

The variable status is being initialized with a value that is never
read, the assignment is redundant and can be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>