diff --git a/migration/rdma.c b/migration/rdma.c
index a2a3db35b1..3915d1d7c9 100644
--- a/migration/rdma.c
+++ b/migration/rdma.c
@@ -3282,7 +3282,8 @@ static size_t qemu_rdma_save_page(QEMUFile *f,
      */
     while (1) {
         uint64_t wr_id, wr_id_in;
-        int ret = qemu_rdma_poll(rdma, rdma->recv_cq, &wr_id_in, NULL);
+        ret = qemu_rdma_poll(rdma, rdma->recv_cq, &wr_id_in, NULL);
+
         if (ret < 0) {
             error_report("rdma migration: polling error! %d", ret);
             goto err;
@@ -3297,7 +3298,8 @@ static size_t qemu_rdma_save_page(QEMUFile *f,
 
     while (1) {
         uint64_t wr_id, wr_id_in;
-        int ret = qemu_rdma_poll(rdma, rdma->send_cq, &wr_id_in, NULL);
+        ret = qemu_rdma_poll(rdma, rdma->send_cq, &wr_id_in, NULL);
+
         if (ret < 0) {
             error_report("rdma migration: polling error! %d", ret);
             goto err;