diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
index f5a8050351b53a0fdfc60af61a176cf3e60b08a2..0fd7848fbe4aad73812d6c71b59ba2066eb49e53 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
@@ -357,14 +357,14 @@ static void sst_media_close(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
 {
 	struct sst_runtime_stream *stream;
-	int ret_val = 0, str_id;
+	int str_id;
 
 	stream = substream->runtime->private_data;
 	power_down_sst(stream);
 
 	str_id = stream->stream_info.str_id;
 	if (str_id)
-		ret_val = stream->ops->close(sst->dev, str_id);
+		stream->ops->close(sst->dev, str_id);
 	module_put(sst->dev->driver->owner);
 	kfree(stream);
 }