diff --git a/net/handshake/tlshd.c b/net/handshake/tlshd.c
index d697f68c598c..d6f52839827e 100644
--- a/net/handshake/tlshd.c
+++ b/net/handshake/tlshd.c
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ static int tls_handshake_accept(struct handshake_req *req,
 	if (!hdr)
 		goto out_cancel;
 
-	ret = -EMSGSIZE;
 	ret = nla_put_s32(msg, HANDSHAKE_A_ACCEPT_SOCKFD, fd);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out_cancel;