diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_send.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_send.c
index a4476cb4c3b3..fd2d31cdbcf9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_send.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_send.c
@@ -724,7 +724,6 @@ int mlx5dr_send_postsend_action(struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn,
 				struct mlx5dr_action *action)
 {
 	struct postsend_info send_info = {};
-	int ret;
 
 	send_info.write.addr = (uintptr_t)action->rewrite->data;
 	send_info.write.length = action->rewrite->num_of_actions *
@@ -734,9 +733,7 @@ int mlx5dr_send_postsend_action(struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn,
 		mlx5dr_icm_pool_get_chunk_mr_addr(action->rewrite->chunk);
 	send_info.rkey = mlx5dr_icm_pool_get_chunk_rkey(action->rewrite->chunk);
 
-	ret = dr_postsend_icm_data(dmn, &send_info);
-
-	return ret;
+	return dr_postsend_icm_data(dmn, &send_info);
 }
 
 static int dr_modify_qp_rst2init(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,