diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 58db1de7ca94..63b34a161cf4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static int f2fs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *de;
 	struct page *page;
-	int err = -ENOENT;
+	int err;
 
 	trace_f2fs_unlink_enter(dir, dentry);