diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lpe_audio.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lpe_audio.c
index 292fedf30b0010c33e1eefd8f643b1b87bd38edd..79b9dca985ff67c9fd7d25181a0f481e00259d83 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lpe_audio.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lpe_audio.c
@@ -361,8 +361,6 @@ void intel_lpe_audio_notify(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 
 	if (pdata->notify_audio_lpe)
 		pdata->notify_audio_lpe(dev_priv->lpe_audio.platdev);
-	else
-		pdata->notify_pending = true;
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pdata->lpe_audio_slock,
 			irq_flags);
diff --git a/include/drm/intel_lpe_audio.h b/include/drm/intel_lpe_audio.h
index e9892b4c3af10c103cbe27f9ee17d1e31c0ba5ac..c201d39cdfea914c8d72fb3f2cd2a78f141b9df7 100644
--- a/include/drm/intel_lpe_audio.h
+++ b/include/drm/intel_lpe_audio.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ struct intel_hdmi_lpe_audio_eld {
 };
 
 struct intel_hdmi_lpe_audio_pdata {
-	bool notify_pending;
 	int tmds_clock_speed;
 	bool hdmi_connected;
 	bool dp_output;
diff --git a/sound/x86/intel_hdmi_audio.c b/sound/x86/intel_hdmi_audio.c
index 5b89662493c9571c046cd1b2c881c733d441b921..cbba4a78afb5660fbebcd4b32aefa92d7671302b 100644
--- a/sound/x86/intel_hdmi_audio.c
+++ b/sound/x86/intel_hdmi_audio.c
@@ -1811,7 +1811,6 @@ static int hdmi_lpe_audio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&pdata->lpe_audio_slock);
 	pdata->notify_audio_lpe = notify_audio_lpe;
-	pdata->notify_pending = false;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&pdata->lpe_audio_slock);
 
 	pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(&pdev->dev);