diff --git a/drivers/rtc/class.c b/drivers/rtc/class.c
index 03d6516941a8f7492ac5a7d1fce7bad933b2b7ce..7c88d190c51fc4ecd5f783e2ab20c5f9dd6eb5ca 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/class.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/class.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int rtc_hctosys_ret = -ENODEV;
 
 static void rtc_hctosys(struct rtc_device *rtc)
 {
-	int err = -ENODEV;
+	int err;
 	struct rtc_time tm;
 	struct timespec64 tv64 = {
 		.tv_nsec = NSEC_PER_SEC >> 1,