diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x_core.c
index 2a627181a358c2802566039638479658867fc604..5f308bae41b98eb1034bfb6e50c401794290e02f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x_core.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static const u8 device_channel_config[] = {
 static int
 tsl2x7x_i2c_read(struct i2c_client *client, u8 reg, u8 *val)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* select register to write */
 	ret = i2c_smbus_write_byte(client, (TSL2X7X_CMD_REG | reg));