diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
index ab1c8c2b66b8..a05cfaab5f84 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static int __init global_timer_of_register(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	struct clk *gt_clk;
 	static unsigned long gt_clk_rate;
-	int err = 0;
+	int err;
 
 	/*
 	 * In A9 r2p0 the comparators for each processor with the global timer