diff --git a/drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c
index 4e1c61ae536cf9bb577a8ada3a4d354627a61b47..8d84b045bc83637df61dea3c83467ba63410654e 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c
@@ -740,7 +740,6 @@ static void au1xmmc_set_ios(struct mmc_host* mmc, struct mmc_ios* ios)
 static void au1xmmc_dma_callback(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct au1xmmc_host *host = (struct au1xmmc_host *) dev_id;
-	u32 status;
 
 	/* Avoid spurious interrupts */