diff --git a/sound/pci/ca0106/ca0106_main.c b/sound/pci/ca0106/ca0106_main.c
index d2d12c08f93759bb069f580ece58e1043c00e2af..01b49388fafdd58d30a12cd13f09182375b55bf1 100644
--- a/sound/pci/ca0106/ca0106_main.c
+++ b/sound/pci/ca0106/ca0106_main.c
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ snd_ca0106_pcm_pointer_capture(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 	struct snd_ca0106_pcm *epcm = runtime->private_data;
 	snd_pcm_uframes_t ptr, ptr1, ptr2 = 0;
-	int channel = channel=epcm->channel_id;
+	int channel = epcm->channel_id;
 
 	if (!epcm->running)
 		return 0;