diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index 0e7aad1b11cc4cd2ea6fc4381307c1451c303e4a..5cd5f7511dacd8908167da64092327d03551cbe3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -2698,7 +2698,6 @@ static int dlm_send_begin_reco_message(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, u8 dead_node)
 			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,