diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
index 5e02c1f3e14514a91f03cd5009d42833648c4bd7..3b159364c4591c8129680456ff187e4fb7852467 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ static int fsl_spi_do_one_msg(struct spi_master *master,
 	list_for_each_entry(t, &m->transfers, transfer_list) {
 		if ((first->bits_per_word != t->bits_per_word) ||
 			(first->speed_hz != t->speed_hz)) {
-			status = -EINVAL;
 			dev_err(&spi->dev,
 				"bits_per_word/speed_hz should be same for the same SPI transfer\n");
 			return -EINVAL;