diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 03544e7..84e437a 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1309,14 +1309,11 @@
 	struct config_set_element k;
 	struct config_set_element *found_entry;
 	char *normalized_key;
-	int ret;
 	/*
 	 * `key` may come from the user, so normalize it before using it
 	 * for querying entries from the hashmap.
 	 */
-	ret = git_config_parse_key(key, &normalized_key, NULL);
-
-	if (ret)
+	if (git_config_parse_key(key, &normalized_key, NULL))
 		return NULL;
 
 	hashmap_entry_init(&k, strhash(normalized_key));