diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 0f18e4a7bd0877c8577d6cc58f849e135c9802fb..6325f32ef6a33fa311c987917d4f036d737e18ea 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -9022,7 +9022,6 @@ static unsigned long io_uring_nommu_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file,
 
 static int io_sqpoll_wait_sq(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
 	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 
 	do {
@@ -9036,7 +9035,7 @@ static int io_sqpoll_wait_sq(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	} while (!signal_pending(current));
 
 	finish_wait(&ctx->sqo_sq_wait, &wait);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int io_get_ext_arg(unsigned flags, const void __user *argp, size_t *argsz,