diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index ba985a02208a..2d667a581f81 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -2101,7 +2101,6 @@ static int svm_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_APICV_UPDATE, vcpu);
 
 	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES, vcpu);
-	ret = 0;
 out_free:
 	kfree(save);
 	kfree(ctl);