diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_dma.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_dma.c
index 732208c8c0b40c8c3e673ff3c6efd0a071b99e94..0efc04af8f150db764a404527d53c84bcd4a7727 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_dma.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_dma.c
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ static irqreturn_t fsl_dma_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 static int fsl_dma_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
 	struct snd_card *card = rtd->card->snd_card;
-	struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
 	struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
 	static u64 fsl_dma_dmamask = DMA_BIT_MASK(36);
 	int ret;