diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 7eec13e39ac3be884a6961426a82c2b31539f9b2..e28d2593ec2719f00b21387302437442978f0516 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3616,7 +3616,6 @@ static int shmem_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 	struct shmem_options *ctx = fc->fs_private;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo;
-	int err = -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Round up to L1_CACHE_BYTES to resist false sharing */
 	sbinfo = kzalloc(max((int)sizeof(struct shmem_sb_info),
@@ -3694,7 +3693,7 @@ static int shmem_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 
 failed:
 	shmem_put_super(sb);
-	return err;
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static int shmem_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)