1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/source3/pam_smbpass/pam_smb_passwd.c b/source3/pam_smbpass/pam_smb_passwd.c
index 91eae3c7a1..0f52755252 100644
--- a/source3/pam_smbpass/pam_smb_passwd.c
+++ b/source3/pam_smbpass/pam_smb_passwd.c
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ int pam_sm_chauthtok(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags,
     char *pass_old;
     char *pass_new;
 
-    NTSTATUS nt_status;
-
     /* Samba initialization. */
     setup_logging( "pam_smbpass", False );
     in_client = True;
@@ -126,11 +124,10 @@ int pam_sm_chauthtok(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags,
     }
 
     /* obtain user record */
-    if (!NT_STATUS_IS_OK(nt_status = pdb_init_sam(&sampass))) {
-	    return nt_status_to_pam(nt_status);
-    }
+    pdb_init_sam(&sampass);
+    pdb_getsampwnam(sampass,user);
 
-    if (!pdb_getsampwnam(sampass,user)) {
+    if (sampass == NULL) {
         _log_err( LOG_ALERT, "Failed to find entry for user %s.", user );
         return PAM_USER_UNKNOWN;
     }