diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
index 49d7526e258745e21ad38d739404c1f71b4ec22a..23f09f2a14f78ebec1ef8d057361762902f8f758 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
@@ -473,8 +473,6 @@ static int lpuart_poll_init(struct uart_port *port)
 
 static void lpuart_poll_put_char(struct uart_port *port, unsigned char c)
 {
-	unsigned int status;
-
 	/* drain */
 	while (!(readb(port->membase + UARTSR1) & UARTSR1_TDRE))
 		barrier();