diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 73e717609213..4727b7f03c5b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ static __be32 nfsd4_do_copy(struct nfsd4_copy *copy, bool sync)
 	return status;
 }
 
-static int dup_copy_fields(struct nfsd4_copy *src, struct nfsd4_copy *dst)
+static void dup_copy_fields(struct nfsd4_copy *src, struct nfsd4_copy *dst)
 {
 	dst->cp_src_pos = src->cp_src_pos;
 	dst->cp_dst_pos = src->cp_dst_pos;
@@ -1444,8 +1444,6 @@ static int dup_copy_fields(struct nfsd4_copy *src, struct nfsd4_copy *dst)
 	memcpy(&dst->stateid, &src->stateid, sizeof(src->stateid));
 	memcpy(&dst->c_fh, &src->c_fh, sizeof(src->c_fh));
 	dst->ss_mnt = src->ss_mnt;
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static void cleanup_async_copy(struct nfsd4_copy *copy)
@@ -1539,9 +1537,7 @@ nfsd4_copy(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 		refcount_set(&async_copy->refcount, 1);
 		memcpy(&copy->cp_res.cb_stateid, &copy->cp_stateid,
 			sizeof(copy->cp_stateid));
-		status = dup_copy_fields(copy, async_copy);
-		if (status)
-			goto out_err;
+		dup_copy_fields(copy, async_copy);
 		async_copy->copy_task = kthread_create(nfsd4_do_async_copy,
 				async_copy, "%s", "copy thread");
 		if (IS_ERR(async_copy->copy_task))