diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 2ca4e8c3163e..008955d8f411 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3718,7 +3718,7 @@ static ssize_t demote_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 	unsigned long nr_available;
 	nodemask_t nodes_allowed, *n_mask;
 	struct hstate *h;
-	int err = 0;
+	int err;
 	int nid;
 
 	err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &nr_demote);