diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
index a8cb8d2f2abbbff0ce6405b14d4fc73172d1391b..cbe467ff1aba9d8ca72588f51856f2239dd4d0d9 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,6 @@ static int rio_mport_transfer_ioctl(struct file *filp, void __user *arg)
 static int rio_mport_wait_for_async_dma(struct file *filp, void __user *arg)
 {
 	struct mport_cdev_priv *priv;
-	struct mport_dev *md;
 	struct rio_async_tx_wait w_param;
 	struct mport_dma_req *req;
 	dma_cookie_t cookie;
@@ -1016,7 +1015,6 @@ static int rio_mport_wait_for_async_dma(struct file *filp, void __user *arg)
 	int ret;
 
 	priv = (struct mport_cdev_priv *)filp->private_data;
-	md = priv->md;
 
 	if (unlikely(copy_from_user(&w_param, arg, sizeof(w_param))))
 		return -EFAULT;