diff --git a/sound/oss/sb_ess.c b/sound/oss/sb_ess.c
index 51a3d381a59e3f47e89f56803538e89c5354116a..9890cf2066ffef53e0773961cd0837d42ee4b740 100644
--- a/sound/oss/sb_ess.c
+++ b/sound/oss/sb_ess.c
@@ -1721,7 +1721,6 @@ printk (KERN_INFO "FKS: es_rec_set_recmask mask = %x\n", mask);
 				left  = value & 0x000000ff;
 				right = (value & 0x0000ff00) >> 8;
 			} else {				/* Turn it off (3)  */
-				left  = 0;
 				left  = 0;
 				right = 0;
 			}