diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
index bb03b2fa7233..22ebd6cb8525 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ int ql_write_mpi_reg(struct ql_adapter *qdev, u32 reg, u32 data)
 int ql_soft_reset_mpi_risc(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
 {
 	int status;
+
 	status = ql_write_mpi_reg(qdev, 0x00001010, 1);
 	return status;
 }
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ static int ql_idc_cmplt_aen(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
 {
 	int status;
 	struct mbox_params *mbcp = &qdev->idc_mbc;
+
 	mbcp->out_count = 4;
 	status = ql_get_mb_sts(qdev, mbcp);
 	if (status) {
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ static int ql_idc_cmplt_aen(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
 static void ql_link_up(struct ql_adapter *qdev, struct mbox_params *mbcp)
 {
 	int status;
+
 	mbcp->out_count = 2;
 
 	status = ql_get_mb_sts(qdev, mbcp);
@@ -353,6 +356,7 @@ static int ql_aen_lost(struct ql_adapter *qdev, struct mbox_params *mbcp)
 		netif_err(qdev, drv, qdev->ndev, "Lost AEN broken!\n");
 	else {
 		int i;
+
 		netif_err(qdev, drv, qdev->ndev, "Lost AEN detected.\n");
 		for (i = 0; i < mbcp->out_count; i++)
 			netif_err(qdev, drv, qdev->ndev, "mbox_out[%d] = 0x%.08x.\n",
@@ -912,6 +916,7 @@ static int ql_idc_wait(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
 	int status = -ETIMEDOUT;
 	long wait_time = 1 * HZ;
 	struct mbox_params *mbcp = &qdev->idc_mbc;
+
 	do {
 		/* Wait here for the command to complete
 		 * via the IDC process.
@@ -1096,6 +1101,7 @@ int ql_wait_fifo_empty(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
 static int ql_set_port_cfg(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
 {
 	int status;
+
 	status = ql_mb_set_port_cfg(qdev);
 	if (status)
 		return status;