diff --git a/src/lxc/conf.c b/src/lxc/conf.c
index db6c0434a..bbce64049 100644
--- a/src/lxc/conf.c
+++ b/src/lxc/conf.c
@@ -579,9 +579,8 @@ int lxc_rootfs_init(struct lxc_conf *conf, bool userns)
 			 PROTECT_LOOKUP_BENEATH,
 			 S_IWUSR | S_IRUSR);
 	if (fd_pin < 0) {
-		if (errno == EROFS) {
+		if (errno == EROFS)
 			return log_trace_errno(0, EROFS, "Not pinning on read-only filesystem");
-		}
 		return syserror("Failed to pin rootfs");
 	}