diff --git a/sound/soc/mid-x86/sst_platform.c b/sound/soc/mid-x86/sst_platform.c
index 5b936d5029fe6b4059681e7efa60b33b47ae6730..c2bf172a196e08efd8e684af0e9f1d576d541e36 100644
--- a/sound/soc/mid-x86/sst_platform.c
+++ b/sound/soc/mid-x86/sst_platform.c
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ static int sst_platform_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
 	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 	struct sst_runtime_stream *stream;
+	int ret_val;
 
 	pr_debug("sst_platform_open called\n");