diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 4ceba13a7db0..3b7cdcc2a02e 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1553,7 +1553,6 @@ static int aio_read(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb,
 	file = req->ki_filp;
 	if (unlikely(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)))
 		return -EBADF;
-	ret = -EINVAL;
 	if (unlikely(!file->f_op->read_iter))
 		return -EINVAL;