diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
index 861b255a2d51..973a9185b276 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
@@ -1383,8 +1383,6 @@ static int pppol2tp_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 	} else
 		err = pppol2tp_session_setsockopt(sk, session, optname, val);
 
-	err = 0;
-
 end_put_sess:
 	sock_put(sk);
 end: