diff --git a/drivers/iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c b/drivers/iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c
index a3be7991355e..416cae5ebbd0 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c
@@ -291,15 +291,15 @@ int cros_ec_sensors_read_lpc(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 			return -EIO;
 
 		/* Read status byte until EC is not busy. */
-		status = cros_ec_sensors_read_until_not_busy(st);
-		if (status < 0)
-			return status;
+		ret = cros_ec_sensors_read_until_not_busy(st);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
 
 		/*
 		 * Store the current sample id so that we can compare to the
 		 * sample id after reading the data.
 		 */
-		samp_id = status & EC_MEMMAP_ACC_STATUS_SAMPLE_ID_MASK;
+		samp_id = ret & EC_MEMMAP_ACC_STATUS_SAMPLE_ID_MASK;
 
 		/* Read all EC data, format it, and store it into data. */
 		ret = cros_ec_sensors_read_data_unsafe(indio_dev, scan_mask,