diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/odp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/odp.c
index 782b2af8f211..87fa0b21d28f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/odp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/odp.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static struct mlx5_ib_mr *implicit_get_child_mr(struct mlx5_ib_mr *imr,
 	if (IS_ERR(odp))
 		return ERR_CAST(odp);
 
-	ret = mr = mlx5_mr_cache_alloc(
+	mr = mlx5_mr_cache_alloc(
 		mr_to_mdev(imr), MLX5_IMR_MTT_CACHE_ENTRY, imr->access_flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(mr)) {
 		ib_umem_odp_release(odp);