diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index dd960209da94..d9b6c44a5911 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ static int macvlan_dev_netpoll_setup(struct net_device *dev, struct netpoll_info
 	struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct net_device *real_dev = vlan->lowerdev;
 	struct netpoll *netpoll;
-	int err = 0;
+	int err;
 
 	netpoll = kzalloc(sizeof(*netpoll), GFP_KERNEL);
 	err = -ENOMEM;