diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 5e7e25e2523ac23b1613bbb01c742480814595fd..e8ee20720fe0dfb40536e86e2062abde6fc26293 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -5284,9 +5284,10 @@ static int ip6_route_multipath_del(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 {
 	struct fib6_config r_cfg;
 	struct rtnexthop *rtnh;
+	int last_err = 0;
 	int remaining;
 	int attrlen;
-	int err = 1, last_err = 0;
+	int err;
 
 	remaining = cfg->fc_mp_len;
 	rtnh = (struct rtnexthop *)cfg->fc_mp;