1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 1fd4b110d815..48788db4e280 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static ssize_t write_kmem(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
                                 err = -EFAULT;
                                 break;
                         }
-                        sz = vwrite(kbuf, (char *)p, sz);
+                        vwrite(kbuf, (char *)p, sz);
                         count -= sz;
                         buf += sz;
                         virtr += sz;