e1000e: cleanup: remove unnecessary variable ret_val

ret_val gets initialized to -E1000_ERR_NVM and never set differently, so
get rid of it and just return -E1000_ERR_NVM.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
index f5d7282..c80ef41 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
@@ -2308,7 +2308,6 @@
 {
 	union ich8_hws_flash_ctrl hsflctl;
 	union ich8_hws_flash_status hsfsts;
-	s32 ret_val = -E1000_ERR_NVM;
 	u32 i = 0;
 
 	/* Start a cycle by writing 1 in Flash Cycle Go in Hw Flash Control */
@@ -2327,7 +2326,7 @@
 	if (hsfsts.hsf_status.flcdone == 1 && hsfsts.hsf_status.flcerr == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	return ret_val;
+	return -E1000_ERR_NVM;
 }
 
 /**