diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c b/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c
index b344e035b0efb4993f958eb5275e212921b14fcf..9112dd2bf4d7757503ea1b53191d213dcbc93785 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c
@@ -4953,9 +4953,8 @@ static int dgap_tty_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int cmd,
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ch->ch_lock, lock_flags2);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bd->bd_lock, lock_flags);
 
-		rc = put_user(C_CLOCAL(tty) ? 1 : 0,
+		return put_user(C_CLOCAL(tty) ? 1 : 0,
 				(unsigned long __user *) arg);
-		return rc;
 
 	case TIOCSSOFTCAR:
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ch->ch_lock, lock_flags2);