diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c
index 8489e5a1dae813c9f1676ac3f3f6c5b754e1cb29..4ac9092da392a090dc7a34ee78a84c91951a0678 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c
@@ -1336,10 +1336,7 @@ static int dgnc_block_til_ready(struct tty_struct *tty,
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ch->ch_lock, flags);
 
-	if (retval)
-		return retval;
-
-	return 0;
+	return retval;
 }
 
 /*