diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 60396330044f..addf17d25bea 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -3096,16 +3096,13 @@ int nfs4_proc_get_rootfh(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,
 			 struct nfs_fsinfo *info,
 			 bool auth_probe)
 {
-	int status;
+	int status = 0;
 
-	switch (auth_probe) {
-	case false:
+	if (!auth_probe)
 		status = nfs4_lookup_root(server, fhandle, info);
-		if (status != -NFS4ERR_WRONGSEC)
-			break;
-	default:
+
+	if (auth_probe || status == NFS4ERR_WRONGSEC)
 		status = nfs4_do_find_root_sec(server, fhandle, info);
-	}
 
 	if (status == 0)
 		status = nfs4_server_capabilities(server, fhandle);