diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
index f71c497393a6..f50c0c79cbdf 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
@@ -576,7 +576,6 @@ static int davinci_spi_bufs(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *t)
 	u32 errors = 0;
 	struct davinci_spi_config *spicfg;
 	struct davinci_spi_platform_data *pdata;
-	unsigned uninitialized_var(rx_buf_count);
 
 	dspi = spi_master_get_devdata(spi->master);
 	pdata = &dspi->pdata;