diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index b7c26836b2cb..439169301d56 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -740,16 +740,12 @@ ff_layout_choose_ds_for_read(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg,
 	struct nfs4_ff_layout_segment *fls = FF_LAYOUT_LSEG(lseg);
 	struct nfs4_ff_layout_mirror *mirror;
 	struct nfs4_pnfs_ds *ds;
-	bool fail_return = false;
 	u32 idx;
 
 	/* mirrors are initially sorted by efficiency */
 	for (idx = start_idx; idx < fls->mirror_array_cnt; idx++) {
-		if (idx+1 == fls->mirror_array_cnt)
-			fail_return = !check_device;
-
 		mirror = FF_LAYOUT_COMP(lseg, idx);
-		ds = nfs4_ff_layout_prepare_ds(lseg, mirror, fail_return);
+		ds = nfs4_ff_layout_prepare_ds(lseg, mirror, false);
 		if (!ds)
 			continue;