diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c
index e434d33454a8..7bd7fb2f3b15 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(usb, id_table);
 static bool gPollingfailed = FALSE;
 static int ft1000_poll_thread(void *arg)
 {
-	int ret = STATUS_SUCCESS;
+	int ret;
 
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 		msleep(10);