diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-ams.c b/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-ams.c
index 5b4bdf3a26bb8a942151ddbdea53dc3ec6a8f5ad..a507d2e17079286797a726fb52563346525a2393 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-ams.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-ams.c
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ static int ams_parse_firmware(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 
 	dev_channels = devm_krealloc(dev, ams_channels, dev_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dev_channels)
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	indio_dev->channels = dev_channels;
 	indio_dev->num_channels = num_channels;