diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 141af74904e7..8ccce917c260 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -2189,7 +2189,7 @@ static int clk_core_set_rate_nolock(struct clk_core *core,
 {
 	struct clk_core *top, *fail_clk;
 	unsigned long rate;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!core)
 		return 0;