1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 7b66b93d5bfa..3c249b938632 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1552,7 +1552,6 @@ static int aio_read(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb,
 	file = req->ki_filp;
 	if (unlikely(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)))
 		return -EBADF;
-	ret = -EINVAL;
 	if (unlikely(!file->f_op->read_iter))
 		return -EINVAL;