diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 90673febce6a..3f287599a7a3 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ static int do_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request, unsigned long
 		struct list_head *uf);
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(brk, unsigned long, brk)
 {
-	unsigned long retval;
 	unsigned long newbrk, oldbrk, origbrk;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	struct vm_area_struct *next;
@@ -281,9 +280,8 @@ success:
 	return brk;
 
 out:
-	retval = origbrk;
 	mmap_write_unlock(mm);
-	return retval;
+	return origbrk;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned long vma_compute_gap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)