diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c 
index 0acbf4f..955226d 100644                                      
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c                                    
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c                                    
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ int register_mtd_blktrans(struct mtd_blktrans_ops
*tr)
        tr->blkcore_priv->thread = kthread_run(mtd_blktrans_thread, tr,
                        "%sd", tr->name);
        if (IS_ERR(tr->blkcore_priv->thread)) {
-               int ret = PTR_ERR(tr->blkcore_priv->thread);
+               ret = PTR_ERR(tr->blkcore_priv->thread);
                blk_cleanup_queue(tr->blkcore_priv->rq);
                unregister_blkdev(tr->major, tr->name);