diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
index 65546b6df840b524f535f4d3aae7573cbc42203c..3c553dc225792577e557a4623784473b98cd2790 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ static void mci_send_cmd(struct dw_mci_slot *slot, u32 cmd, u32 arg);
 
 static u32 dw_mci_prepare_command(struct mmc_host *mmc, struct mmc_command *cmd)
 {
-	struct mmc_data	*data;
 	struct dw_mci_slot *slot = mmc_priv(mmc);
 	struct dw_mci *host = slot->host;
 	u32 cmdr;
@@ -291,10 +290,9 @@ static u32 dw_mci_prepare_command(struct mmc_host *mmc, struct mmc_command *cmd)
 	if (cmd->flags & MMC_RSP_CRC)
 		cmdr |= SDMMC_CMD_RESP_CRC;
 
-	data = cmd->data;
-	if (data) {
+	if (cmd->data) {
 		cmdr |= SDMMC_CMD_DAT_EXP;
-		if (data->flags & MMC_DATA_WRITE)
+		if (cmd->data->flags & MMC_DATA_WRITE)
 			cmdr |= SDMMC_CMD_DAT_WR;
 	}