diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index de1ae82ba192..c338599804e0 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -793,7 +793,6 @@ int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 	base_gfn = mem->guest_phys_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	npages = mem->memory_size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	r = -EINVAL;
 	if (npages > KVM_MEM_MAX_NR_PAGES)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -807,7 +806,6 @@ int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 	new.npages = npages;
 	new.flags = mem->flags;
 
-	r = -EINVAL;
 	if (npages) {
 		if (!old.npages)
 			change = KVM_MR_CREATE;
@@ -863,7 +861,6 @@ int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 	}
 
 	if ((change == KVM_MR_DELETE) || (change == KVM_MR_MOVE)) {
-		r = -ENOMEM;
 		slots = kmemdup(kvm->memslots, sizeof(struct kvm_memslots),
 				GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!slots)