diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c
index 9b8ff26ada9e..16740dcb876b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c
@@ -2141,7 +2141,6 @@ int ocrdma_qp_state_change(struct ocrdma_qp *qp, enum ib_qp_state new_ib_state,
 			   enum ib_qp_state *old_ib_state)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int status = 0;
 	enum ocrdma_qp_state new_state;
 	new_state = get_ocrdma_qp_state(new_ib_state);
 
@@ -2166,7 +2165,7 @@ int ocrdma_qp_state_change(struct ocrdma_qp *qp, enum ib_qp_state new_ib_state,
 	qp->state = new_state;
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qp->q_lock, flags);
-	return status;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static u32 ocrdma_set_create_qp_mbx_access_flags(struct ocrdma_qp *qp)