diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 6dff64374bfe..a81be45f40d9 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ static int gss_proxy_save_rsc(struct cache_detail *cd,
 	long long ctxh;
 	struct gss_api_mech *gm = NULL;
 	time64_t expiry;
-	int status = -EINVAL;
+	int status;
 
 	memset(&rsci, 0, sizeof(rsci));
 	/* context handle */