diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index d925f55e48572..8081aba116a72 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 			total_size = total_mapping_size(elf_phdata,
 							loc->elf_ex.e_phnum);
 			if (!total_size) {
-				error = -EINVAL;
+				retval = -EINVAL;
 				goto out_free_dentry;
 			}
 		}