diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c b/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
index c51ae8ff32a..04c1c7bade1 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
@@ -1994,23 +1994,23 @@ vn_access(vp, user_flags, cred, td)
 	int error;
 
 	/* Flags == 0 means only check for existence. */
-	error = 0;
-	if (user_flags) {
-		accmode = 0;
-		if (user_flags & R_OK)
-			accmode |= VREAD;
-		if (user_flags & W_OK)
-			accmode |= VWRITE;
-		if (user_flags & X_OK)
-			accmode |= VEXEC;
+	if (user_flags == 0)
+		return (0);
+
+	accmode = 0;
+	if (user_flags & R_OK)
+		accmode |= VREAD;
+	if (user_flags & W_OK)
+		accmode |= VWRITE;
+	if (user_flags & X_OK)
+		accmode |= VEXEC;
 #ifdef MAC
-		error = mac_vnode_check_access(cred, vp, accmode);
-		if (error != 0)
-			return (error);
+	error = mac_vnode_check_access(cred, vp, accmode);
+	if (error != 0)
+		return (error);
 #endif
-		if ((accmode & VWRITE) == 0 || (error = vn_writechk(vp)) == 0)
-			error = VOP_ACCESS(vp, accmode, cred, td);
-	}
+	if ((accmode & VWRITE) == 0 || (error = vn_writechk(vp)) == 0)
+		error = VOP_ACCESS(vp, accmode, cred, td);
 	return (error);
 }