diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-i2c.c b/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-i2c.c
index 2d51bd425662c9b60648b8f11cdd211424d44342..0f26bc38edc62184b9b8656ba7296aa83d024908 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-i2c.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int adt7316_i2c_read(void *client, u8 reg, u8 *data)
 static int adt7316_i2c_write(void *client, u8 reg, u8 data)
 {
 	struct i2c_client *cl = client;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	ret = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(cl, reg, data);
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static int adt7316_i2c_write(void *client, u8 reg, u8 data)
 static int adt7316_i2c_multi_read(void *client, u8 reg, u8 count, u8 *data)
 {
 	struct i2c_client *cl = client;
-	int i, ret = 0;
+	int i, ret;
 
 	if (count > ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR)
 		count = ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR;
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int adt7316_i2c_multi_read(void *client, u8 reg, u8 count, u8 *data)
 static int adt7316_i2c_multi_write(void *client, u8 reg, u8 count, u8 *data)
 {
 	struct i2c_client *cl = client;
-	int i, ret = 0;
+	int i, ret;
 
 	if (count > ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR)
 		count = ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-spi.c b/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-spi.c
index e75827e326a6df67f687eea59d4f7f3d08e837ce..8294b9c1e3c282d6da7c29063f808bdf1596afa8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-spi.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static int adt7316_spi_multi_read(void *client, u8 reg, u8 count, u8 *data)
 {
 	struct spi_device *spi_dev = client;
 	u8 cmd[2];
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (count > ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR)
 		count = ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int adt7316_spi_multi_write(void *client, u8 reg, u8 count, u8 *data)
 {
 	struct spi_device *spi_dev = client;
 	u8 buf[ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR + 2];
-	int i, ret = 0;
+	int i, ret;
 
 	if (count > ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR)
 		count = ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316.c b/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316.c
index 23e20dbc873e1c93373e640fd72517ad2fb6626d..c3a472f76ad034b28ea9410b8b9785ba378536bf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316.c
@@ -2092,7 +2092,7 @@ int adt7316_probe(struct device *dev, struct adt7316_bus *bus,
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
 	unsigned short *adt7316_platform_data = dev->platform_data;
 	int irq_type = IRQF_TRIGGER_LOW;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	indio_dev = devm_iio_device_alloc(dev, sizeof(*chip));
 	if (!indio_dev)