diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
index b529f93e8ed0990fc6c864dc2222646eaae9b51d..a869d4a073c5ced61e19977eccaa94cf8891e208 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ static ssize_t max_threshold_occ_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 
 	intel_cqm_threshold = bytes / r->mon_scale;
 
-	return ret ?: nbytes;
+	return nbytes;
 }
 
 /* rdtgroup information files for one cache resource. */