diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 2ad3f4ab4dcf..0be931cf3c44 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -1515,7 +1515,6 @@ retry_lookup:
 			if (IS_ERR(realdn)) {
 				err = PTR_ERR(realdn);
 				d_drop(dn);
-				dn = NULL;
 				goto next_item;
 			}
 			dn = realdn;