struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
        struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
        struct request_queue *q = lo->lo_queue;
-       u32 granularity, max_discard_sectors;
+       u32 granularity = 0, max_discard_sectors = 0;
+       struct kstatfs sbuf;
 
        /*
         * If the backing device is a block device, mirror its zeroing
         * We use punch hole to reclaim the free space used by the
         * image a.k.a. discard.
         */
-       } else if (!file->f_op->fallocate) {
-               max_discard_sectors = 0;
-               granularity = 0;
-
-       } else {
-               struct kstatfs sbuf;
-
+       } else if (file->f_op->fallocate && !vfs_statfs(&file->f_path, &sbuf)) {
                max_discard_sectors = UINT_MAX >> 9;
-               if (!vfs_statfs(&file->f_path, &sbuf))
-                       granularity = sbuf.f_bsize;
-               else
-                       max_discard_sectors = 0;
+               granularity = sbuf.f_bsize;
        }
 
-       if (max_discard_sectors) {
+       blk_queue_max_discard_sectors(q, max_discard_sectors);
+       blk_queue_max_write_zeroes_sectors(q, max_discard_sectors);
+       if (max_discard_sectors)
                q->limits.discard_granularity = granularity;
-               blk_queue_max_discard_sectors(q, max_discard_sectors);
-               blk_queue_max_write_zeroes_sectors(q, max_discard_sectors);
-       } else {
+       else
                q->limits.discard_granularity = 0;
-               blk_queue_max_discard_sectors(q, 0);
-               blk_queue_max_write_zeroes_sectors(q, 0);
-       }
 }
 
 struct loop_worker {