The variable ret is being checked for an error and returning ret and the following statement returns ret too. The if check is redundant, and remove it. Just return the value returned from the call to regmap_write. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/dma/xilinx/xdma.c | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xdma.c b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xdma.c index 93772abc3b49..0d88b1a670e1 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xdma.c +++ b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xdma.c @@ -390,15 +390,11 @@ static int xdma_xfer_start(struct xdma_chan *xchan) */ static int xdma_xfer_stop(struct xdma_chan *xchan) { - int ret; struct xdma_device *xdev = xchan->xdev_hdl; /* clear run stop bit to prevent any further auto-triggering */ - ret = regmap_write(xdev->rmap, xchan->base + XDMA_CHAN_CONTROL_W1C, - CHAN_CTRL_RUN_STOP); - if (ret) - return ret; - return ret; + return regmap_write(xdev->rmap, xchan->base + XDMA_CHAN_CONTROL_W1C, + CHAN_CTRL_RUN_STOP); } /** -- 2.39.5