diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/err.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/err.c
index 510f31f0ef6d04c7dc18fe8fd2374a9af820e745..4798bd6de97d52977b9a056caaf884f1c457e0bc 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/err.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/err.c
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ pci_ers_result_t pcie_do_recovery(struct pci_dev *dev,
 	pci_dbg(bridge, "broadcast error_detected message\n");
 	if (state == pci_channel_io_frozen) {
 		pci_walk_bridge(bridge, report_frozen_detected, &status);
-		status = reset_subordinates(bridge);
-		if (status != PCI_ERS_RESULT_RECOVERED) {
+		if (reset_subordinates(bridge) != PCI_ERS_RESULT_RECOVERED) {
 			pci_warn(bridge, "subordinate device reset failed\n");
 			goto failed;
 		}