diff --git a/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/buffer_icap.c b/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/buffer_icap.c
index 53c3882e49812803633ac49f6b56c1ba9311e773..35981cae1afab28ab73b3071adba30f385608cc8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/buffer_icap.c
+++ b/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/buffer_icap.c
@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ int buffer_icap_set_configuration(struct hwicap_drvdata *drvdata, u32 *data,
 {
 	int status;
 	s32 buffer_count = 0;
-	s32 num_writes = 0;
 	bool dirty = false;
 	u32 i;
 	void __iomem *base_address = drvdata->base_address;
@@ -298,7 +297,6 @@ int buffer_icap_set_configuration(struct hwicap_drvdata *drvdata, u32 *data,
 		}
 
 		buffer_count = 0;
-		num_writes++;
 		dirty = false;
 	}
 
@@ -328,7 +326,6 @@ int buffer_icap_get_configuration(struct hwicap_drvdata *drvdata, u32 *data,
 {
 	int status;
 	s32 buffer_count = 0;
-	s32 read_count = 0;
 	u32 i;
 	void __iomem *base_address = drvdata->base_address;
 
@@ -353,7 +350,6 @@ int buffer_icap_get_configuration(struct hwicap_drvdata *drvdata, u32 *data,
 			}
 
 			buffer_count = 0;
-			read_count++;
 		}
 
 		/* Copy data from bram */