diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-compress.c b/sound/soc/soc-compress.c
index cc0562d..967d0e1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-compress.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-compress.c
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@
 {
 	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = cstream->private_data;
 	struct snd_soc_platform *platform = rtd->platform;
-	struct snd_soc_dai *codec_dai = rtd->codec_dai;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* first we call set_params for the platform driver