diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_sdio.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_sdio.c
index cd27d2f48bf2fe14d3b6067c8ca0a13900873331..6f99b9f3d57f20fa302dd2a07560d73feef7bd18 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_sdio.c
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ static int btmrvl_sdio_card_to_host(struct btmrvl_private *priv)
 	int ret, num_blocks, blksz;
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
 	u32 type;
-	u8 *payload = NULL;
+	u8 *payload;
 	struct hci_dev *hdev = priv->btmrvl_dev.hcidev;
 	struct btmrvl_sdio_card *card = priv->btmrvl_dev.card;