diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/time.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/time.c
index a479d08d5ed3..e75cae6072c5 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/time.c
@@ -223,10 +223,7 @@ static struct platform_device rtc_parisc_dev = {
 
 static int __init rtc_init(void)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = platform_device_register(&rtc_parisc_dev);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (platform_device_register(&rtc_parisc_dev) < 0)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "unable to register rtc device...\n");
 
 	/* not necessarily an error */