diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8961.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8961.c
index fa36a62972f88135a16524b28853e1ca27cfde0b..bfc6578ed060e874f75acbb25d0746033ae22b2a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8961.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8961.c
@@ -959,7 +959,6 @@ static struct snd_soc_dai_driver wm8961_dai = {
 
 static int wm8961_probe(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 {
-	struct wm8961_priv *wm8961 = snd_soc_codec_get_drvdata(codec);
 	int ret = 0;
 	u16 reg;