diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c
index 492bc78c250d..2c917c12db2b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ static inline int gdm_wimax_header(struct sk_buff **pskb)
 {
 	u16 buf[HCI_HEADER_SIZE / sizeof(u16)];
 	struct sk_buff *skb = *pskb;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(skb_headroom(skb) < HCI_HEADER_SIZE)) {
 		struct sk_buff *skb2;
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ static inline int gdm_wimax_header(struct sk_buff **pskb)
 	memcpy(skb->data, buf, HCI_HEADER_SIZE);
 
 	*pskb = skb;
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void gdm_wimax_event_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u16 type, void *msg,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/usb_boot.c b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/usb_boot.c
index 75149d7027db..7d235b161ae6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/usb_boot.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/usb_boot.c
@@ -332,11 +332,8 @@ out:
 
 static int em_fw_reset(struct usb_device *usbdev)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	/*Send ZLP*/
-	ret = gdm_wibro_send(usbdev, NULL, 0);
-	return ret;
+	return gdm_wibro_send(usbdev, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 int usb_emergency(struct usb_device *usbdev)