diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index fc5f780fa235..24321c44cd42 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -540,15 +540,12 @@ int ocfs2_add_inode_data(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			 struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
 			 enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted *reason_ret)
 {
-	int ret;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 
 	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(inode), fe_bh);
-	ret = ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(handle, &et, logical_offset,
-					  clusters_to_add, mark_unwritten,
-					  data_ac, meta_ac, reason_ret);
-
-	return ret;
+	return ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(handle, &et, logical_offset,
+					   clusters_to_add, mark_unwritten,
+					   data_ac, meta_ac, reason_ret);
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_extend_allocation(struct inode *inode, u32 logical_start,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c b/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
index 85a47621e0c0..a75e2b7d67f5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
@@ -683,28 +683,22 @@ static int user_dlm_lock(struct ocfs2_cluster_connection *conn,
 			 void *name,
 			 unsigned int namelen)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	if (!lksb->lksb_fsdlm.sb_lvbptr)
 		lksb->lksb_fsdlm.sb_lvbptr = (char *)lksb +
 					     sizeof(struct dlm_lksb);
 
-	ret = dlm_lock(conn->cc_lockspace, mode, &lksb->lksb_fsdlm,
-		       flags|DLM_LKF_NODLCKWT, name, namelen, 0,
-		       fsdlm_lock_ast_wrapper, lksb,
-		       fsdlm_blocking_ast_wrapper);
-	return ret;
+	return dlm_lock(conn->cc_lockspace, mode, &lksb->lksb_fsdlm,
+			flags|DLM_LKF_NODLCKWT, name, namelen, 0,
+			fsdlm_lock_ast_wrapper, lksb,
+			fsdlm_blocking_ast_wrapper);
 }
 
 static int user_dlm_unlock(struct ocfs2_cluster_connection *conn,
 			   struct ocfs2_dlm_lksb *lksb,
 			   u32 flags)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = dlm_unlock(conn->cc_lockspace, lksb->lksb_fsdlm.sb_lkid,
-			 flags, &lksb->lksb_fsdlm, lksb);
-	return ret;
+	return dlm_unlock(conn->cc_lockspace, lksb->lksb_fsdlm.sb_lkid,
+			  flags, &lksb->lksb_fsdlm, lksb);
 }
 
 static int user_dlm_lock_status(struct ocfs2_dlm_lksb *lksb)