Compile tested.
remove unnecessary code that matches this coccinelle pattern
	if (...)
		return ret;
	return ret;
Signed-off-by: Greg Dietsche <Gregory.Dietsche@cuw.edu>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
        struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(ap->host->dev);
        struct pata_acpi *acpi;
 
-       int ret;
-
        if (ap->acpi_handle == NULL)
                return -ENODEV;
 
                return -ENOMEM;
        acpi->mask[0] = pacpi_discover_modes(ap, &ap->link.device[0]);
        acpi->mask[1] = pacpi_discover_modes(ap, &ap->link.device[1]);
-       ret = ata_bmdma_port_start(ap);
-       if (ret < 0)
-               return ret;
-
-       return ret;
+       return ata_bmdma_port_start(ap);
 }
 
 static struct scsi_host_template pacpi_sht = {