diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/am3517evm.c b/sound/soc/omap/am3517evm.c
index a997988af14785701c30b64a502c5fd6f1277fe6..77a87012977c001a61e9916a8fc91d8bd55bc34b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/am3517evm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/am3517evm.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ static int am3517evm_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 {
 	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = substream->private_data;
 	struct snd_soc_dai *codec_dai = rtd->codec_dai;
-	struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Set the codec system clock for DAC and ADC */