diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index 825672100528..29bbaa349e34 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -1989,7 +1989,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_boot);
 int rproc_shutdown(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rproc->lock);
 	if (ret) {