diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 94060edbbd706ed11c7609913f1e434e5cec76c1..9034f52659b560f79a1a6d3e2dc3b6081f661d98 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1907,7 +1907,6 @@ static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		to_write -= dev->hard_header_len;
 	}
 
-	err = -EFAULT;
 	offset = offset_in_page(data);
 	len_max = PAGE_SIZE - offset;
 	len = ((to_write > len_max) ? len_max : to_write);
@@ -1957,7 +1956,6 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
 
 	mutex_lock(&po->pg_vec_lock);
 
-	err = -EBUSY;
 	if (saddr == NULL) {
 		dev = po->prot_hook.dev;
 		proto	= po->num;