diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/floppy.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/floppy.h
index d43717b423cb98164ef0aace1a20aa0fb1fea409..6ec3fc969ad55c2e2286f7041f358151ff365f3c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/floppy.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/floppy.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ static irqreturn_t floppy_hardint(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		int lcount;
 		char *lptr;
 
-		st = 1;
 		for (lcount = virtual_dma_count, lptr = virtual_dma_addr;
 		     lcount; lcount--, lptr++) {
 			st = inb(virtual_dma_port + FD_STATUS);