diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_pcm512x.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_pcm512x.c
index 6815204e58d588f88140f23222d8f927de7dbb09..d4c67d5340a92a5bda7da1bd8b45fd229ad35c2c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_pcm512x.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_pcm512x.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ static int sof_audio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static int sof_pcm512x_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct snd_soc_card *card = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-	struct snd_soc_component *component = NULL;
+	struct snd_soc_component *component;
 
 	for_each_card_components(card, component) {
 		if (!strcmp(component->name, pcm512x_component[0].name)) {