diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
index a2dbbb977d0c..0ee421f30aa2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -2137,7 +2137,8 @@ brcmf_cfg80211_connect(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *ndev,
 				    BRCMF_WSEC_MAX_PSK_LEN);
 	else if (profile->use_fwsup == BRCMF_PROFILE_FWSUP_SAE) {
 		/* clean up user-space RSNE */
-		if (brcmf_fil_iovar_data_set(ifp, "wpaie", NULL, 0)) {
+		err = brcmf_fil_iovar_data_set(ifp, "wpaie", NULL, 0);
+		if (err) {
 			bphy_err(drvr, "failed to clean up user-space RSNE\n");
 			goto done;
 		}