diff --git a/drivers/perf/qcom_l2_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/qcom_l2_pmu.c
index 23a0e008dafa2..d58810f53727c 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/qcom_l2_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/qcom_l2_pmu.c
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ static struct cluster_pmu *l2_cache_associate_cpu_with_cluster(
 {
 	u64 mpidr;
 	int cpu_cluster_id;
-	struct cluster_pmu *cluster = NULL;
+	struct cluster_pmu *cluster;
 
 	/*
 	 * This assumes that the cluster_id is in MPIDR[aff1] for
@@ -761,10 +761,10 @@ static struct cluster_pmu *l2_cache_associate_cpu_with_cluster(
 			 cluster->cluster_id);
 		cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &cluster->cluster_cpus);
 		*per_cpu_ptr(l2cache_pmu->pmu_cluster, cpu) = cluster;
-		break;
+		return cluster;
 	}
 
-	return cluster;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static int l2cache_pmu_online_cpu(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)