diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c
index 1331567595512..328e8aeece6c5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c
@@ -725,7 +725,6 @@ static int __init einj_init(void)
 		goto err_release;
 	}
 
-	rc = -ENOMEM;
 	einj_param = einj_get_parameter_address();
 	if ((param_extension || acpi5) && einj_param) {
 		debugfs_create_x32("flags", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, einj_debug_dir,