diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c
index 853172c27f68..f04053295ff1 100644
--- a/net/nfc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c
@@ -1109,10 +1109,8 @@ static int nfc_genl_llc_sdreq(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	idx = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_INDEX]);
 
 	dev = nfc_get_device(idx);
-	if (!dev) {
-		rc = -ENODEV;
-		goto exit;
-	}
+	if (!dev)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	device_lock(&dev->dev);