diff --git a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-timer.c b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-timer.c
index 34a68604c46c..b4688d1d9d2b 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-timer.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-timer.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static ssize_t led_delay_on_store(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = led_trigger_get_led(dev);
 	unsigned long state;
-	ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &state);
 	if (ret)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static ssize_t led_delay_off_store(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = led_trigger_get_led(dev);
 	unsigned long state;
-	ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &state);
 	if (ret)