diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-rspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-rspi.c
index 10112745bb17fda624a6731cc907bbb26a48417e..ddee9df1547d50aeaef1f1a9bf5a8b7ff4695afc 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-rspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-rspi.c
@@ -630,7 +630,6 @@ static int rspi_rz_transfer_one(struct spi_master *master,
 				struct spi_transfer *xfer)
 {
 	struct rspi_data *rspi = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
-	int ret;
 
 	rspi_rz_receive_init(rspi);