diff --git a/target/ppc/mmu_common.c b/target/ppc/mmu_common.c
index a84bc7de88..ff7f987546 100644
--- a/target/ppc/mmu_common.c
+++ b/target/ppc/mmu_common.c
@@ -521,19 +521,15 @@ int ppcemb_tlb_search(CPUPPCState *env, target_ulong address, uint32_t pid)
 {
     ppcemb_tlb_t *tlb;
     hwaddr raddr;
-    int i, ret;
+    int i;
 
-    /* Default return value is no match */
-    ret = -1;
     for (i = 0; i < env->nb_tlb; i++) {
         tlb = &env->tlb.tlbe[i];
         if (ppcemb_tlb_check(env, tlb, &raddr, address, pid, i) == 0) {
-            ret = i;
-            break;
+            return i;
         }
     }
-
-    return ret;
+    return -1;
 }
 
 static int mmu40x_get_physical_address(CPUPPCState *env, mmu_ctx_t *ctx,