diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
index bfe88c6e60d587c6566748ee41f7e2b024c4787a..2d8e2516906b6b4a2a1898ccc179d340b697cac5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -651,11 +651,9 @@ static int vfp_set(struct task_struct *target,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = user_regset_copyin_ignore(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
-				user_fpregs_offset + sizeof(new_vfp.fpregs),
-				user_fpscr_offset);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	user_regset_copyin_ignore(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
+				  user_fpregs_offset + sizeof(new_vfp.fpregs),
+				  user_fpscr_offset);
 
 	ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
 				 &new_vfp.fpscr,