diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index ed3ada244a0747bd2a835de94c0ea9b5e738d3f5..b31d998a63a594e91012dc98900ee661ccf179d2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -565,16 +565,13 @@ static const struct attribute_group *memory_memblk_attr_groups[] = {
 static
 int register_memory(struct memory_block *memory)
 {
-	int error;
-
 	memory->dev.bus = &memory_subsys;
 	memory->dev.id = memory->start_section_nr / sections_per_block;
 	memory->dev.release = memory_block_release;
 	memory->dev.groups = memory_memblk_attr_groups;
 	memory->dev.offline = memory->state == MEM_OFFLINE;
 
-	error = device_register(&memory->dev);
-	return error;
+	return device_register(&memory->dev);
 }
 
 static int init_memory_block(struct memory_block **memory,