diff --git a/hw/i2c/pm_smbus.c b/hw/i2c/pm_smbus.c
index 36994ff585..4728540c37 100644
--- a/hw/i2c/pm_smbus.c
+++ b/hw/i2c/pm_smbus.c
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ static void smb_transaction(PMSMBus *s)
                 s->smb_stat |= STS_HOST_BUSY | STS_BYTE_DONE;
                 s->smb_data[0] = s->smb_blkdata;
                 s->smb_index = 0;
-                ret = 0;
             }
             goto out;
         }