diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 5996fb5756e1..d18d4a478e4f 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ int tls_sw_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 {
 	struct tls_context *tls_ctx = tls_get_ctx(sk);
 	struct tls_sw_context *ctx = tls_sw_ctx(tls_ctx);
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 	int required_size;
 	long timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
 	bool eor = !(msg->msg_flags & MSG_MORE);
@@ -403,7 +403,8 @@ int tls_sw_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
 
-	if (tls_complete_pending_work(sk, tls_ctx, msg->msg_flags, &timeo))
+	ret = tls_complete_pending_work(sk, tls_ctx, msg->msg_flags, &timeo);
+	if (ret)
 		goto send_end;
 
 	if (unlikely(msg->msg_controllen)) {
@@ -539,7 +540,7 @@ int tls_sw_sendpage(struct sock *sk, struct page *page,
 {
 	struct tls_context *tls_ctx = tls_get_ctx(sk);
 	struct tls_sw_context *ctx = tls_sw_ctx(tls_ctx);
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 	long timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
 	bool eor;
 	size_t orig_size = size;
@@ -559,7 +560,8 @@ int tls_sw_sendpage(struct sock *sk, struct page *page,
 
 	sk_clear_bit(SOCKWQ_ASYNC_NOSPACE, sk);
 
-	if (tls_complete_pending_work(sk, tls_ctx, flags, &timeo))
+	ret = tls_complete_pending_work(sk, tls_ctx, flags, &timeo);
+	if (ret)
 		goto sendpage_end;
 
 	/* Call the sk_stream functions to manage the sndbuf mem. */