diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 0acbf4f5be50d31e31ccbce8d5e51db854e57f22..955226d74808ef7ca31836193090ae2f86b93348 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ int register_mtd_blktrans(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr)
 	tr->blkcore_priv->thread = kthread_run(mtd_blktrans_thread, tr,
 			"%sd", tr->name);
 	if (IS_ERR(tr->blkcore_priv->thread)) {
-		int ret = PTR_ERR(tr->blkcore_priv->thread);
+		ret = PTR_ERR(tr->blkcore_priv->thread);
 		blk_cleanup_queue(tr->blkcore_priv->rq);
 		unregister_blkdev(tr->major, tr->name);
 		kfree(tr->blkcore_priv);