diff --git a/sound/soc/zte/zx-tdm.c b/sound/soc/zte/zx-tdm.c
index 5e877fe9ba7b..0e5a05b25a77 100644
--- a/sound/soc/zte/zx-tdm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/zte/zx-tdm.c
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ static int zx_tdm_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		ts_width = 1;
 		break;
 	default:
-		ts_width = 0;
 		dev_err(socdai->dev, "Unknown data format\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}