diff --git a/control/control.c b/control/control.c
index 61068fdb55c8db6ceadc3d6385b3d95aabcc1e94..5fc134b38e3a54270b68677fc3f0db9ffbde0e4b 100644
--- a/control/control.c
+++ b/control/control.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ int __chameleon_init(int cores, int gpus)
 int __chameleon_initpar(int ncpus, int ncudas, int nthreads_per_worker)
 {
     CHAM_context_t *chamctxt;
-    int res = -1;
 
     /* Create context and insert in the context map */
     chamctxt = chameleon_context_create();
@@ -114,9 +113,7 @@ int __chameleon_initpar(int ncpus, int ncudas, int nthreads_per_worker)
     }
 #endif
 
-    res = RUNTIME_init( chamctxt, ncpus, ncudas, nthreads_per_worker );
-
-    return res == 0 ? CHAMELEON_SUCCESS : res;
+    return RUNTIME_init( chamctxt, ncpus, ncudas, nthreads_per_worker );
 }
 
 /**