diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
index 4172854d4365..c28a5a9ff053 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ nouveau_bo_move_m2mf(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo, int evict, bool intr,
 		     bool no_wait_gpu, struct ttm_mem_reg *new_mem)
 {
 	struct nouveau_drm *drm = nouveau_bdev(bo->bdev);
-	struct nouveau_channel *chan = chan = drm->ttm.chan;
+	struct nouveau_channel *chan = drm->ttm.chan;
 	struct nouveau_bo *nvbo = nouveau_bo(bo);
 	struct ttm_mem_reg *old_mem = &bo->mem;
 	int ret;