diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_generic_token.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_generic_token.c
index fe97f3106536..4a4082bb22ad 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_generic_token.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_generic_token.c
@@ -222,10 +222,8 @@ g_verify_token_header(struct xdr_netobj *mech, int *body_size,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (!ret) {
-		*buf_in = buf;
-		*body_size = toksize;
-	}
+	*buf_in = buf;
+	*body_size = toksize;
 
 	return ret;
 }