diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch.c
index 43a7795d6591..d53d90020904 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch.c
@@ -1504,8 +1504,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t rswitch_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *nd
 {
 	struct rswitch_device *rdev = netdev_priv(ndev);
 	struct rswitch_gwca_queue *gq = rdev->tx_queue;
+	netdev_tx_t ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	struct rswitch_ext_desc *desc;
-	int ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	dma_addr_t dma_addr;
 
 	if (rswitch_get_num_cur_queues(gq) >= gq->ring_size - 1) {