diff --git a/sound/soc/atmel/atmel-pcm.c b/sound/soc/atmel/atmel-pcm.c
index f6b3cc04b34b3dff3b8b07a9403672594a091177..dc5249fba85c71884c613c5b028a9fd173143bf5 100644
--- a/sound/soc/atmel/atmel-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/atmel/atmel-pcm.c
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ struct atmel_runtime_data {
 	size_t period_size;
 
 	dma_addr_t period_ptr;		/* physical address of next period */
-	int periods;			/* period index of period_ptr */
 
 	/* PDC register save */
 	u32 pdc_xpr_save;