diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd.c
index c29d2ced258c..faa70f0b9b1e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd.c
@@ -2228,13 +2228,10 @@ static int kiblnd_dev_need_failover(kib_dev_t *dev)
 		return rc;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->ibd_hdev->ibh_ibdev == cmid->device) {
-		/* don't need device failover */
-		rdma_destroy_id(cmid);
-		return 0;
-	}
+	rc = dev->ibd_hdev->ibh_ibdev != cmid->device; /* true for failover */
+	rdma_destroy_id(cmid);
 
-	return 1;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 int kiblnd_dev_failover(kib_dev_t *dev)