diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
index 5c9dff6bccd1..a124f15345a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ static int airoha_ppe_flush_sram_entries(struct airoha_ppe *ppe)
 {
 	u32 sram_num_entries = airoha_ppe_get_total_sram_num_entries(ppe);
 	struct airoha_foe_entry *hwe = ppe->foe;
-	int i, err = 0;
+	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < sram_num_entries; i++) {
 		int err;
@@ -1338,10 +1338,10 @@ static int airoha_ppe_flush_sram_entries(struct airoha_ppe *ppe)
 		memset(&hwe[i], 0, sizeof(*hwe));
 		err = airoha_ppe_foe_commit_sram_entry(ppe, i);
 		if (err)
-			break;
+			return err;
 	}
 
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct airoha_npu *airoha_ppe_npu_get(struct airoha_eth *eth)