diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 5ef478b06a7d..8250c1315d9c 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static int do_mprotect_pkey(unsigned long start, size_t len,
 {
 	unsigned long nstart, end, tmp, reqprot;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev;
-	int error = -EINVAL;
+	int error;
 	const int grows = prot & (PROT_GROWSDOWN|PROT_GROWSUP);
 	const bool rier = (current->personality & READ_IMPLIES_EXEC) &&
 				(prot & PROT_READ);