diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_labpc.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_labpc.c
index 3e3f940fa57c..34ffa2e43657 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_labpc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_labpc.c
@@ -1051,9 +1051,9 @@ static int labpc_8255_mmio(int dir, int port, int data, unsigned long iobase)
 	if (dir) {
 		writeb(data, (void __iomem *)(iobase + port));
 		return 0;
-	} else {
-		return readb((void __iomem *)(iobase + port));
 	}
+
+	return readb((void __iomem *)(iobase + port));
 }
 
 /* lowlevel write to eeprom/dac */