diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index f77f7702fabe..67b2007f10fe 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
 			goto out;
 		}
 		major = i;
-		ret = major;
 	}
 
 	cd->major = major;