diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchannel.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchannel.c
index faafa797ee78..e555476be54d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchannel.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchannel.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ visorchannel_clear(struct visorchannel *channel, ulong offset, u8 ch,
 		written += thisbytes;
 		nbytes -= thisbytes;
 	}
-	return 0;
+	err = 0;
 
 cleanup:
 	vfree(buf);