diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 26ab358dac62daf5cac1531eeb0cf24546c42efd..6c9387d646ecccc0d9c8fa62f6f8ce54593894a9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -525,8 +525,7 @@ static int _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
 	if (!firmware) {
 		dev_err(device, "%s: kmalloc(struct firmware) failed\n",
 			__func__);
-		retval = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	if (fw_get_builtin_firmware(firmware, name)) {