diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/ipath/ipath_eeprom.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/ipath/ipath_eeprom.c
index fc7181985e8e8886a48cbbcbfcce3cc499e6b871..ef84107c7ce00c814076591717224db0b1e29ab7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/ipath/ipath_eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/ipath/ipath_eeprom.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static int eeprom_reset(struct ipath_devdata *dd)
  */
 static int i2c_probe(struct ipath_devdata *dd, int devaddr)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	ret = eeprom_reset(dd);
 	if (ret) {