diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index fd713ab439c2d7a2b6056e1a436dfbef41a5c058..a009c8ccd8ea8a579854f1b5fde9c2b2acc245d0 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ static int kprobe_ftrace_enabled;
 static int __arm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p, struct ftrace_ops *ops,
 			       int *cnt)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&kprobe_mutex);
 
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ static int arm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p)
 static int __disarm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p, struct ftrace_ops *ops,
 				  int *cnt)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&kprobe_mutex);
 
@@ -2692,7 +2692,7 @@ void kprobe_free_init_mem(void)
 
 static int __init init_kprobes(void)
 {
-	int i, err = 0;
+	int i, err;
 
 	/* FIXME allocate the probe table, currently defined statically */
 	/* initialize all list heads */