diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/frequency/ad9834.c b/drivers/staging/iio/frequency/ad9834.c
index 2dffe48035f3915fa6b3194c9669cd12b94ab7a5..af108e96b3ecbc43b26b04193def4f6de07f1b41 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/frequency/ad9834.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/frequency/ad9834.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static ssize_t ad9834_write(struct device *dev,
 
 	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &val);
 	if (ret)
-		goto error_ret;
+		return ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&st->lock);
 	switch ((u32)this_attr->address) {
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ static ssize_t ad9834_write(struct device *dev,
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&st->lock);
 
-error_ret:
 	return ret ? ret : len;
 }