diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
index 15c5b272e69847c9924ac83b8fc4281874d9d250..bc96457c9e2512f4369dcc4eccdcb2f66d38f03b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ acpi_video_init_brightness(struct acpi_video_device *device)
 	int i, max_level = 0;
 	unsigned long long level, level_old;
 	struct acpi_video_device_brightness *br = NULL;
-	int result = -EINVAL;
+	int result;
 
 	result = acpi_video_get_levels(device->dev, &br, &max_level);
 	if (result)