enum iio_event_type type,
                                     enum iio_event_direction dir)
 {
-       int ret;
-       u16 value;
-       u8 sens, timeout;
        struct ad7150_chip_info *chip = iio_priv(indio_dev);
        int rising = (dir == IIO_EV_DIR_RISING);
        u64 event_code;
 
        switch (type) {
                /* Note completely different from the adaptive versions */
-       case IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH:
-               value = chip->threshold[rising][chan];
+       case IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH: {
+               u16 value = chip->threshold[rising][chan];
                return i2c_smbus_write_word_swapped(chip->client,
                                                    ad7150_addresses[chan][3],
                                                    value);
-       case IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH_ADAPTIVE:
+       }
+       case IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH_ADAPTIVE: {
+               int ret;
+               u8 sens, timeout;
+
                sens = chip->thresh_sensitivity[rising][chan];
+               ret = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(chip->client,
+                                               ad7150_addresses[chan][4],
+                                               sens);
+               if (ret)
+                       return ret;
+
                timeout = chip->thresh_timeout[rising][chan];
-               break;
+               return i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(chip->client,
+                                                ad7150_addresses[chan][5],
+                                                timeout);
+       }
        default:
                return -EINVAL;
        }
-       ret = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(chip->client,
-                                       ad7150_addresses[chan][4],
-                                       sens);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
-       return i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(chip->client,
-                                       ad7150_addresses[chan][5],
-                                       timeout);
 }
 
 static int ad7150_write_event_config(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,