diff --git a/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c b/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c
index f788fa5a977b54f4606ff09d306475fd5c435cd9..581a7d1cc5005a3979267ea746608b2f089788c7 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ static int __devinit palm_bk3710_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct clk *clk;
 	struct resource *mem, *irq;
-	struct ide_host *host;
 	unsigned long base, rate;
 	int i, rc;
 	hw_regs_t hw, *hws[] = { &hw, NULL, NULL, NULL };