diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e9725d4480..bd6f10fa7c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2269,8 +2269,7 @@ cat > $TMPC << EOF
 
 int main(void)
 {
-    int efd = eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK | EFD_CLOEXEC);
-    return 0;
+    return eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK | EFD_CLOEXEC);
 }
 EOF
 if compile_prog "" "" ; then