diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mxl5xx.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mxl5xx.c
index 53064e11f5f1..1ebc3830579f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mxl5xx.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mxl5xx.c
@@ -636,16 +636,9 @@ static int tune(struct dvb_frontend *fe, bool re_tune,
 		if (r)
 			return r;
 		state->tune_time = jiffies;
-		return 0;
 	}
-	if (*status & FE_HAS_LOCK)
-		return 0;
 
-	r = read_status(fe, status);
-	if (r)
-		return r;
-
-	return 0;
+	return read_status(fe, status);
 }
 
 static enum fe_code_rate conv_fec(enum MXL_HYDRA_FEC_E fec)