diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
index cf3fa998093d..4f3dd9316fb2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
@@ -410,8 +410,7 @@ int regcache_sync(struct regmap *map)
 			rb_entry(node, struct regmap_range_node, node);
 
 		/* If there's nothing in the cache there's nothing to sync */
-		ret = regcache_read(map, this->selector_reg, &i);
-		if (ret != 0)
+		if (regcache_read(map, this->selector_reg, &i) != 0)
 			continue;
 
 		ret = _regmap_write(map, this->selector_reg, i);