diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_qos.c b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_qos.c
index af24c57b8232..96bf2bf87ff4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_qos.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_qos.c
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ static void *alloc_qos_entry(void)
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qos_free_list.lock, flags);
 
-	entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	return entry;
+	return kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 
 static void free_qos_entry(void *entry)