diff --git a/lib/asn1_encoder.c b/lib/asn1_encoder.c
index 27bbe891714f..0fd3c454a468 100644
--- a/lib/asn1_encoder.c
+++ b/lib/asn1_encoder.c
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ asn1_encode_oid(unsigned char *data, const unsigned char *end_data,
 
 	data_len -= 3;
 
-	ret = 0;
-
 	for (i = 2; i < oid_len; i++) {
 		ret = asn1_encode_oid_digit(&d, &data_len, oid[i]);
 		if (ret < 0)