diff --git a/drivers/video/arcfb.c b/drivers/video/arcfb.c
index df8e5667b348efa317be6d5732e2e478162d0e22..0cf26da75b6d10e0bfd3f48fe22034e4f59f0fec 100644
--- a/drivers/video/arcfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/arcfb.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static void arcfb_lcd_update_page(struct arcfb_par *par, unsigned int upper,
 {
 	unsigned char *src;
 	unsigned int xindex, yindex, chipindex, linesize;
-	int i, count;
+	int i;
 	unsigned char val;
 	unsigned char bitmask, rightshift;
 
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@ static void arcfb_lcd_update_page(struct arcfb_par *par, unsigned int upper,
 		}
 		ks108_writeb_data(par, chipindex, val);
 		left++;
-		count++;
 		if (bitmask == 0x80) {
 			bitmask = 1;
 			src++;