diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c
index 486aef50d99b23e4753cbd055221cd2dbb4f6097..16aa494f22be33bf12ade469d1aad7aedff8048c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c
@@ -1192,7 +1192,6 @@ static void load_c8sectpfe_fw_cb(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)
 
 static int load_c8sectpfe_fw_step1(struct c8sectpfei *fei)
 {
-	int ret;
 	int err;
 
 	dev_info(fei->dev, "Loading firmware: %s\n", FIRMWARE_MEMDMA);
@@ -1207,7 +1206,7 @@ static int load_c8sectpfe_fw_step1(struct c8sectpfei *fei)
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(fei->dev, "request_firmware_nowait err: %d.\n", err);
 		complete_all(&fei->fw_ack);
-		return ret;
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	return 0;