diff --git a/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/smm/finalize.c b/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/smm/finalize.c
index 2df55247cf..2795100d86 100644
--- a/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/smm/finalize.c
+++ b/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/smm/finalize.c
@@ -29,11 +29,9 @@ static void per_core_finalize(void *unused)
 
 static void finalize_cores(void)
 {
-	int r;
 	printk(BIOS_SPEW, "Lock SMM configuration\n");
 
-	r = mp_run_on_all_cpus(per_core_finalize, NULL);
-	if (r)
+	if (mp_run_on_all_cpus(per_core_finalize, NULL))
 		printk(BIOS_WARNING, "Failed to finalize all cores\n");
 }