diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_pvt.c b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_pvt.c
index 053c27707147..3bd1bd3e43d6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_pvt.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_pvt.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ int sst_create_block_and_ipc_msg(struct ipc_post **arg, bool large,
 		struct intel_sst_drv *sst_drv_ctx, struct sst_block **block,
 		u32 msg_id, u32 drv_id)
 {
-	int retval = 0;
+	int retval;
 
 	retval = sst_create_ipc_msg(arg, large);
 	if (retval)