diff --git a/api/src/glfs-handleops.c b/api/src/glfs-handleops.c
index e9f74e8838..0595a0a7a1 100644
--- a/api/src/glfs-handleops.c
+++ b/api/src/glfs-handleops.c
@@ -1501,7 +1501,6 @@ pub_glfs_h_create_from_handle(struct glfs *fs, unsigned char *handle, int len,
     object = GF_CALLOC(1, sizeof(struct glfs_object), glfs_mt_glfs_object_t);
     if (object == NULL) {
         errno = ENOMEM;
-        ret = -1;
         goto out;
     }