diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
index 5b2e47c246f3dd..f5b67a4923e3c8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
@@ -1339,9 +1339,9 @@ static long ll_dir_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 					       cmd == LL_IOC_MDC_GETINFO)) {
 				rc = 0;
 				goto skip_lmm;
-			} else {
-				goto out_req;
 			}
+
+			goto out_req;
 		}
 
 		if (cmd == IOC_MDC_GETFILESTRIPE ||