diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/mr.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/mr.c
index ef1c550f82662..4b6195666c589 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/mr.c
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ static int map_direct_mr(struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev, struct mlx5_vdpa_direct_mr
 	u64 paend;
 	struct scatterlist *sg;
 	struct device *dma = mvdev->mdev->device;
-	int ret;
 
 	for (map = vhost_iotlb_itree_first(iotlb, mr->start, mr->end - 1);
 	     map; map = vhost_iotlb_itree_next(map, start, mr->end - 1)) {
@@ -277,8 +276,8 @@ static int map_direct_mr(struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev, struct mlx5_vdpa_direct_mr
 done:
 	mr->log_size = log_entity_size;
 	mr->nsg = nsg;
-	ret = dma_map_sg_attrs(dma, mr->sg_head.sgl, mr->nsg, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL, 0);
-	if (!ret)
+	err = dma_map_sg_attrs(dma, mr->sg_head.sgl, mr->nsg, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL, 0);
+	if (!err)
 		goto err_map;
 
 	err = create_direct_mr(mvdev, mr);