diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
index f658fe9149beb59d4b0a3fd085be46eb338541aa..2f357142ea5e878f95fa5b775a6f830fcf92766d 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@ static void virtio_mem_delete_resource(struct virtio_mem *vm)
 static int virtio_mem_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtio_mem *vm;
-	int rc = -EINVAL;
+	int rc;
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct virtio_mem_req) != 24);
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct virtio_mem_resp) != 10);