diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c
index 8384e3d770f1..f81a375f8bc1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c
@@ -2205,8 +2205,6 @@ static int dgnc_set_modem_info(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int command, uns
 	if (!bd || bd->magic != DGNC_BOARD_MAGIC)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = 0;
-
 	ret = get_user(arg, value);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;