diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_msi.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_msi.c
index ab02db3d02d8..f45556aa884c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_msi.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_msi.c
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ static int fsl_of_msi_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	struct fsl_msi *msi;
 	struct resource res;
 	int err, i, j, irq_index, count;
-	int rc;
 	const u32 *p;
 	const struct fsl_msi_feature *features;
 	int len;
@@ -431,8 +430,8 @@ static int fsl_of_msi_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	 */
 	msi->phandle = dev->dev.of_node->phandle;
 
-	rc = fsl_msi_init_allocator(msi);
-	if (rc) {
+	err = fsl_msi_init_allocator(msi);
+	if (err) {
 		dev_err(&dev->dev, "Error allocating MSI bitmap\n");
 		goto error_out;
 	}