diff --git a/tools/lvmcmdline.c b/tools/lvmcmdline.c
index dcb1f28ce..836dbaa5a 100644
--- a/tools/lvmcmdline.c
+++ b/tools/lvmcmdline.c
@@ -1064,8 +1064,8 @@ int lvm_run_command(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 	set_cmd_name(cmd->command->name);
 
 	if (arg_count(cmd, config_ARG))
-		if ((ret = override_config_tree_from_string(cmd,
-			     arg_str_value(cmd, config_ARG, "")))) {
+		if (override_config_tree_from_string(cmd,
+		    arg_str_value(cmd, config_ARG, ""))) {
 			ret = EINVALID_CMD_LINE;
 			goto_out;
 		}