diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 2c47474fa69d..14b1ba732cd7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -4307,8 +4307,8 @@ static int raid10_start_reshape(struct mddev *mddev)
 					else
 						rdev->recovery_offset = 0;
 
-					if (sysfs_link_rdev(mddev, rdev))
-						/* Failure here  is OK */;
+					/* Failure here is OK */
+					sysfs_link_rdev(mddev, rdev);
 				}
 			} else if (rdev->raid_disk >= conf->prev.raid_disks
 				   && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {