diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c b/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c
index 948d2c6557f38fad333ab0e6e64972944fa9eb67..388baf528fa81cabf9b185944af32de80c3f6307 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ static int ahci_imx_softreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *class,
 	struct ata_host *host = dev_get_drvdata(ap->dev);
 	struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv = host->private_data;
 	struct imx_ahci_priv *imxpriv = hpriv->plat_data;
-	int ret = -EIO;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (imxpriv->type == AHCI_IMX53)
 		ret = ahci_pmp_retry_srst_ops.softreset(link, class, deadline);