diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sasem.c b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sasem.c
index d3dedb831dee761f09c8f66c2a6317efc47a26af..bc78da014c337ab31750582411daa6ec5a85c670 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sasem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sasem.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static int vfd_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
  */
 static long vfd_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct sasem_context *context = NULL;
+	struct sasem_context *context;
 
 	context = (struct sasem_context *) file->private_data;