1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/time.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/time.c
index 8a2fa0eb6602..8d2ca04d309e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/time.c
@@ -396,14 +396,14 @@ static unsigned long timer_ticks_per_nsec_quotient __read_mostly;
 int update_persistent_clock(struct timespec now)
 {
         struct rtc_device *rtc = rtc_class_open("rtc0");
-        int err;
+        int err = -1;
 
         if (rtc) {
                 err = rtc_set_mmss(rtc, now.tv_sec);
                 rtc_class_close(rtc);
         }
 
-        return -1;
+        return err;
 }
 
 unsigned long cmos_regs;