diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
index 62fd6905c648c6eb5ef167e019831729bb294a85..bb0734600a07ed82f384b1dbc8569a17bc7ad817 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static struct block2mtd_dev *add_device(char *devname, int erase_size,
 	int i;
 #endif
 	const fmode_t mode = FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_EXCL;
-	struct block_device *bdev = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+	struct block_device *bdev;
 	struct block2mtd_dev *dev;
 	char *name;