diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd.c
index 6825b452e5fe..2ddc3aadb8d6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd.c
@@ -1768,7 +1768,10 @@ ksocknal_close_matching_conns (lnet_process_id_t id, __u32 ipaddr)
 	if (id.nid == LNET_NID_ANY || id.pid == LNET_PID_ANY || ipaddr == 0)
 		return (0);
 
-	return (count == 0 ? -ENOENT : 0);
+	if (count == 0)
+		return -ENOENT;
+	else
+		return 0;
 }
 
 void