diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-fiq.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-fiq.c
index 94720a6dd7b6..10e330514ed8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-fiq.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-fiq.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart snd_hrtimer_callback(struct hrtimer *hrt)
 	struct imx_pcm_runtime_data *iprtd =
 		container_of(hrt, struct imx_pcm_runtime_data, hrt);
 	struct snd_pcm_substream *substream = iprtd->substream;
-	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 	struct pt_regs regs;
 
 	if (!atomic_read(&iprtd->running))