diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
index 1a529df0ab44289527df88e4e4f17e84470352a2..b277a75cd1be22297df197b3b8ab8b13ce95fec5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ long kvm_vm_ioctl_create_spapr_tce(struct kvm *kvm,
 	struct kvmppc_spapr_tce_table *siter;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = kvm->mm;
 	unsigned long npages, size = args->size;
-	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!args->size || args->page_shift < 12 || args->page_shift > 34 ||
 		(args->offset + args->size > (ULLONG_MAX >> args->page_shift)))