diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/bcmsdh.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/bcmsdh.c
index da0cdd3..2fc0597 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/bcmsdh.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/bcmsdh.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 				    u32 addr, u8 regsz, void *data, bool write)
 {
 	struct sdio_func *func;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	brcmf_dbg(SDIO, "rw=%d, func=%d, addr=0x%05x, nbytes=%d\n",
 		  write, fn, addr, regsz);