diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/omap/omap_vout_vrfb.c b/drivers/media/platform/omap/omap_vout_vrfb.c
index 72c0ac2cbf3d..1d8508237220 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/omap/omap_vout_vrfb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/omap/omap_vout_vrfb.c
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ int omap_vout_prepare_vrfb(struct omap_vout_device *vout,
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx;
 	enum dma_ctrl_flags flags = DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT | DMA_CTRL_ACK;
 	struct dma_chan *chan = vout->vrfb_dma_tx.chan;
-	struct dma_device *dmadev = chan->device;
 	struct dma_interleaved_template *xt = vout->vrfb_dma_tx.xt;
 	dma_cookie_t cookie;
 	enum dma_status status;