diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_swift_auth.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_swift_auth.cc
index 350fa92ec3b1d..e626f86e6c130 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_swift_auth.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_swift_auth.cc
@@ -387,9 +387,7 @@ static int encode_token(CephContext *cct, string& swift_user, string& key,
   utime_t expiration = ceph_clock_now(cct);
   expiration += cct->_conf->rgw_swift_token_expiration;
 
-  ret = build_token(swift_user, key, nonce, expiration, bl);
-
-  return ret;
+  return build_token(swift_user, key, nonce, expiration, bl);
 }