diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/policy.c b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/policy.c
index 530448bd5a3441a284c7df1a20b40350de5efdea..a505f055f4647d04bc2e53ef047b0f5ba7f95b83 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/policy.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/policy.c
@@ -461,13 +461,9 @@ void stp_policy_node_put(struct stp_policy_node *policy_node)
 
 int __init stp_configfs_init(void)
 {
-	int err;
-
 	config_group_init(&stp_policy_subsys.su_group);
 	mutex_init(&stp_policy_subsys.su_mutex);
-	err = configfs_register_subsystem(&stp_policy_subsys);
-
-	return err;
+	return configfs_register_subsystem(&stp_policy_subsys);
 }
 
 void __exit stp_configfs_exit(void)