diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c
index 43fd3f402ebad89f89f7d5f8afdce9613d87b5de..cd92ba77ecfdb01c1b32b5bacfeaf3993ced0b65 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c
@@ -535,9 +535,6 @@ static int qcount[NUMPRIO];
 
 #define RETRYCHAN(chan) ((chan) == SDPCM_EVENT_CHANNEL)
 
-/* Retry count for register access failures */
-static const uint retry_limit = 2;
-
 /* Limit on rounding up frames */
 static const uint max_roundup = 512;