diff --git a/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c b/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c
index 72a699c12704..ad1cc5598dca 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ static long bcm_char_ioctl(struct file *filp, UINT cmd, ULONG arg)
 
 			if (copy_to_user(stNVMReadWrite.pBuffer, pReadData, stNVMReadWrite.uiNumBytes)) {
 				kfree(pReadData);
-				Status = -EFAULT;
+				return -EFAULT;
 			}
 		} else {
 			down(&Adapter->NVMRdmWrmLock);