1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c b/drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c
index 91949d997555..54145edf50e8 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c
@@ -195,8 +195,6 @@ static int pacpi_port_start(struct ata_port *ap)
         struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(ap->host->dev);
         struct pata_acpi *acpi;
 
-        int ret;
-
         if (ap->acpi_handle == NULL)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
@@ -205,11 +203,7 @@ static int pacpi_port_start(struct ata_port *ap)
                 return -ENOMEM;
         acpi->mask[0] = pacpi_discover_modes(ap, &ap->link.device[0]);
         acpi->mask[1] = pacpi_discover_modes(ap, &ap->link.device[1]);
-        ret = ata_bmdma_port_start(ap);
-        if (ret < 0)
-                return ret;
-
-        return ret;
+        return ata_bmdma_port_start(ap);
 }
 
 static struct scsi_host_template pacpi_sht = {