diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_ttm.c
index 58084985e6cf..0b4c574defe7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_ttm.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ int ast_bo_pin(struct ast_bo *bo, u32 pl_flag, u64 *gpu_addr)
 
 int ast_bo_unpin(struct ast_bo *bo)
 {
-	int i, ret;
+	int i;
 	if (!bo->pin_count) {
 		DRM_ERROR("unpin bad %p\n", bo);
 		return 0;
@@ -387,11 +387,7 @@ int ast_bo_unpin(struct ast_bo *bo)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < bo->placement.num_placement ; i++)
 		bo->placements[i].flags &= ~TTM_PL_FLAG_NO_EVICT;
-	ret = ttm_bo_validate(&bo->bo, &bo->placement, false, false);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	return 0;
+	return ttm_bo_validate(&bo->bo, &bo->placement, false, false);
 }
 
 int ast_bo_push_sysram(struct ast_bo *bo)