diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index 602c71f32740941e57d34a1aa21a3af48a4b60d4..b8fa1487cd85a40a901f8480075c2d58165548ed 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static int dlmfs_file_open(struct inode *inode,
 static int dlmfs_file_release(struct inode *inode,
 			      struct file *file)
 {
-	int level, status;
+	int level;
 	struct dlmfs_inode_private *ip = DLMFS_I(inode);
 	struct dlmfs_filp_private *fp = file->private_data;
 
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ static int dlmfs_file_release(struct inode *inode,
 
 	mlog(0, "close called on inode %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
 
-	status = 0;
 	if (fp) {
 		level = fp->fp_lock_level;
 		if (level != DLM_LOCK_IV)