diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c b/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c
index dfd71e99e872e..be4ef454dfeb4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ static int ad7746_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	struct ad7746_chip_info *chip;
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
 	unsigned char regval = 0;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	indio_dev = devm_iio_device_alloc(&client->dev, sizeof(*chip));
 	if (!indio_dev)