--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c~ocfs2-dlm-remove-redundant-assignment-of-variable-ret +++ a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c @@ -2698,7 +2698,6 @@ static int dlm_send_begin_reco_message(s continue; } retry: - ret = -EINVAL; mlog(0, "attempting to send begin reco msg to %d\n", nodenum); ret = o2net_send_message(DLM_BEGIN_RECO_MSG, dlm->key,