diff --git a/sound/sh/aica.c b/sound/sh/aica.c
index 2b26311405a4..e7fef3fce44a 100644
--- a/sound/sh/aica.c
+++ b/sound/sh/aica.c
@@ -464,14 +464,12 @@ static int __init snd_aicapcmchip(struct snd_card_aica
 	snd_pcm_set_ops(pcm, SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK,
 			&snd_aicapcm_playback_ops);
 	/* Allocate the DMA buffers */
-	err =
-	    snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages_for_all(pcm,
-						  SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_CONTINUOUS,
-						  snd_dma_continuous_data
-						  (GFP_KERNEL),
-						  AICA_BUFFER_SIZE,
-						  AICA_BUFFER_SIZE);
-	return err;
+	snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages_for_all(pcm,
+					      SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_CONTINUOUS,
+					      snd_dma_continuous_data(GFP_KERNEL),
+					      AICA_BUFFER_SIZE,
+					      AICA_BUFFER_SIZE);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Mixer controls */