diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index 0f54d870e402..8267ab9b57de 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ static int do_gfs2_set_flags(struct inode *inode, u32 reqflags, u32 mask)
 	if ((new_flags ^ flags) == 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	error = -EPERM;
 	if (!IS_IMMUTABLE(inode)) {
 		error = gfs2_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, MAY_WRITE);
 		if (error)