The variable r is being assigned  with a value that is never read
and it is being updated later with a new value.  The initialization is
redundant and can be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Message-Id: <20200410113526.13822-1-colin.king@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>