diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index c74cce67eec85e4006871242fe0acc43ae7f4451..dfabd549d2e712bc31cc587bba838550e9ac108c 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -425,9 +425,7 @@ static inline pte_t ptep_get_and_clear_full(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					    unsigned long address, pte_t *ptep,
 					    int full)
 {
-	pte_t pte;
-	pte = ptep_get_and_clear(mm, address, ptep);
-	return pte;
+	return ptep_get_and_clear(mm, address, ptep);
 }
 #endif