diff --git a/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c b/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c
index d329cf31436048598f6f0221de7ad4b586c58861..1ac718476edb479ccd706199f0b53be0742c0f43 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c
@@ -4237,7 +4237,6 @@ static int et131x_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *reqbuf,
 static int et131x_set_packet_filter(struct et131x_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	int filter = adapter->packet_filter;
-	int status = 0;
 	u32 ctrl;
 	u32 pf_ctrl;
 
@@ -4288,7 +4287,7 @@ static int et131x_set_packet_filter(struct et131x_adapter *adapter)
 		writel(pf_ctrl, &adapter->regs->rxmac.pf_ctrl);
 		writel(ctrl, &adapter->regs->rxmac.ctrl);
 	}
-	return status;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* et131x_multicast - The handler to configure multicasting on the interface */