diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8904.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8904.c
index b085575d4aa542ac0cc8bf9c4a1b908c2eafdfe9..9fc8f4c0a9a91acbe52f5321f60008d90371ef51 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8904.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8904.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ static const char *wm8904_supply_names[WM8904_NUM_SUPPLIES] = {
 struct wm8904_priv {
 
 	enum wm8904_type devtype;
-	void *control_data;
 
 	struct regulator_bulk_data supplies[WM8904_NUM_SUPPLIES];
 
@@ -2540,7 +2539,6 @@ static __devinit int wm8904_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 
 	wm8904->devtype = id->driver_data;
 	i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, wm8904);
-	wm8904->control_data = i2c;
 	wm8904->pdata = i2c->dev.platform_data;
 
 	ret = snd_soc_register_codec(&i2c->dev,