static int vimc_add_subdevs(struct vimc_device *vimc)
 {
        unsigned int i;
-       struct vimc_ent_device *ved;
 
        for (i = 0; i < vimc->pipe_cfg->num_ents; i++) {
                dev_dbg(&vimc->pdev.dev, "new entity for %s\n",
                        vimc->pipe_cfg->ents[i].name);
-               ved = vimc->pipe_cfg->ents[i].add(vimc,
+               vimc->ent_devs[i] = vimc->pipe_cfg->ents[i].add(vimc,
                                        vimc->pipe_cfg->ents[i].name);
-               if (!ved) {
+               if (!vimc->ent_devs[i]) {
                        dev_err(&vimc->pdev.dev, "add new entity for %s\n",
                                vimc->pipe_cfg->ents[i].name);
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
-               vimc->ent_devs[i] = ved;
        }
        return 0;
 }