diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/phidgetmotorcontrol.c b/drivers/usb/misc/phidgetmotorcontrol.c
index 5727e1ea2f91db1cd454545d16190ad32535779b..df0ebcdb9d6a6fbef91cffd476a0f5151945b324 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/phidgetmotorcontrol.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/phidgetmotorcontrol.c
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ static void motorcontrol_irq(struct urb *urb)
 	struct motorcontrol *mc = urb->context;
 	unsigned char *buffer = mc->data;
 	int i, level;
-	int status;
+	int retval;
+	int status = urb->status;;
 
-	switch (urb->status) {
+	switch (status) {
 	case 0:			/* success */
 		break;
 	case -ECONNRESET:	/* unlink */
@@ -151,12 +152,12 @@ static void motorcontrol_irq(struct urb *urb)
 		schedule_delayed_work(&mc->do_notify, 0);
 
 resubmit:
-	status = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (status)
+	retval = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (retval)
 		dev_err(&mc->intf->dev,
-			"can't resubmit intr, %s-%s/motorcontrol0, status %d",
+			"can't resubmit intr, %s-%s/motorcontrol0, retval %d",
 			mc->udev->bus->bus_name,
-			mc->udev->devpath, status);
+			mc->udev->devpath, retval);
 }
 
 static void do_notify(struct work_struct *work)