diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c
index bd19a20a122e..804914ebfd9d 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c
@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@ static int ti_qspi_dma_xfer(struct ti_qspi *qspi, dma_addr_t dma_dst,
 			    dma_addr_t dma_src, size_t len)
 {
 	struct dma_chan *chan = qspi->rx_chan;
-	struct dma_device *dma_dev = chan->device;
 	dma_cookie_t cookie;
 	enum dma_ctrl_flags flags = DMA_CTRL_ACK | DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT;
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx;