int txCredits;
        int portNumber;
        int result;
+       int status = urb->status;
 
        dbg("%s", __FUNCTION__);
 
-       switch (urb->status) {
+       switch (status) {
        case 0:
                /* success */
                break;
        case -ENOENT:
        case -ESHUTDOWN:
                /* this urb is terminated, clean up */
-               dbg("%s - urb shutting down with status: %d", __FUNCTION__, urb->status);
+               dbg("%s - urb shutting down with status: %d",
+                   __FUNCTION__, status);
                return;
        default:
-               dbg("%s - nonzero urb status received: %d", __FUNCTION__, urb->status);
+               dbg("%s - nonzero urb status received: %d",
+                   __FUNCTION__, status);
                goto exit;
        }
 
 {
        struct edgeport_serial  *edge_serial = (struct edgeport_serial *)urb->context;
        unsigned char           *data = urb->transfer_buffer;
-       int                     status;
+       int                     retval;
        __u16                   raw_data_length;
+       int status = urb->status;
 
        dbg("%s", __FUNCTION__);
 
-       if (urb->status) {
-               dbg("%s - nonzero read bulk status received: %d", __FUNCTION__, urb->status);
+       if (status) {
+               dbg("%s - nonzero read bulk status received: %d",
+                   __FUNCTION__, status);
                edge_serial->read_in_progress = false;
                return;
        }
        if (edge_serial->rxBytesAvail > 0) {
                dbg("%s - posting a read", __FUNCTION__);
                edge_serial->read_urb->dev = edge_serial->serial->dev;
-               status = usb_submit_urb(edge_serial->read_urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-               if (status) {
-                       dev_err(&urb->dev->dev, "%s - usb_submit_urb(read bulk) failed, status = %d\n", __FUNCTION__, status);
+               retval = usb_submit_urb(edge_serial->read_urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+               if (retval) {
+                       dev_err(&urb->dev->dev,
+                               "%s - usb_submit_urb(read bulk) failed, "
+                               "retval = %d\n", __FUNCTION__, retval);
                        edge_serial->read_in_progress = false;
                }
        } else {
 {
        struct edgeport_port *edge_port = (struct edgeport_port *)urb->context;
        struct tty_struct *tty;
+       int status = urb->status;
 
        dbg("%s", __FUNCTION__);
 
-       if (urb->status) {
-               dbg("%s - nonzero write bulk status received: %d", __FUNCTION__, urb->status);
+       if (status) {
+               dbg("%s - nonzero write bulk status received: %d",
+                   __FUNCTION__, status);
        }
 
        tty = edge_port->port->tty;