diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index be26345bf6a4e0944b8dbb6212bf33856ed36bb0..a220f77ceab60ba8060a8121f7c510230b580421 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -516,7 +516,6 @@ static irqreturn_t imx_rxint(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	struct imx_port *sport = dev_id;
 	unsigned int rx, flg, ignored = 0;
-	struct tty_struct *tty = sport->port.state->port.tty;
 	struct tty_port *port = &sport->port.state->port;
 	unsigned long flags, temp;