diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c
index 1752ef006d26e44f2154293ba9c6f052cf2480e0..f374c5961b322d93ae77b317ad3fd294ded3078d 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int pwr_reg_rdwr(u16 *addr, u8 *data, u32 count, u32 op, u32 id)
 {
 	int i, nc, bytes, d;
 	u32 offset = 0;
-	u32 err = 0;
+	int err;
 	u8 cbuf[IPC_WWBUF_SIZE] = { };
 	u32 *wbuf = (u32 *)&cbuf;
 
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(intel_scu_ipc_update_register);
  */
 int intel_scu_ipc_simple_command(int cmd, int sub)
 {
-	u32 err = 0;
+	int err;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ipclock);
 	if (ipcdev.pdev == NULL) {
@@ -434,8 +434,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(intel_scu_ipc_simple_command);
 int intel_scu_ipc_command(int cmd, int sub, u32 *in, int inlen,
 							u32 *out, int outlen)
 {
-	u32 err = 0;
-	int i = 0;
+	int i, err;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ipclock);
 	if (ipcdev.pdev == NULL) {