diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_cmd640.c b/drivers/ata/pata_cmd640.c
index 45896b3c65389ad8e43d6a091fbb0563c8c08072..7d2fac645b4cb27b960b3b42b0044c533e1ec66c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_cmd640.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_cmd640.c
@@ -181,13 +181,10 @@ static struct ata_port_operations cmd640_port_ops = {
 
 static void cmd640_hardware_init(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
-	u8 r;
 	u8 ctrl;
 
 	/* CMD640 detected, commiserations */
 	pci_write_config_byte(pdev, 0x5B, 0x00);
-	/* Get version info */
-	pci_read_config_byte(pdev, CFR, &r);
 	/* PIO0 command cycles */
 	pci_write_config_byte(pdev, CMDTIM, 0);
 	/* 512 byte bursts (sector) */