diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nv_setup.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nv_setup.c
index 2fa68669613a..5404017e6957 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nv_setup.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nv_setup.c
@@ -89,9 +89,8 @@ u8 NVReadSeq(struct nvidia_par *par, u8 index)
 }
 void NVWriteAttr(struct nvidia_par *par, u8 index, u8 value)
 {
-	volatile u8 tmp;
 
-	tmp = VGA_RD08(par->PCIO, par->IOBase + 0x0a);
+	VGA_RD08(par->PCIO, par->IOBase + 0x0a);
 	if (par->paletteEnabled)
 		index &= ~0x20;
 	else
@@ -101,9 +100,7 @@ void NVWriteAttr(struct nvidia_par *par, u8 index, u8 value)
 }
 u8 NVReadAttr(struct nvidia_par *par, u8 index)
 {
-	volatile u8 tmp;
-
-	tmp = VGA_RD08(par->PCIO, par->IOBase + 0x0a);
+	VGA_RD08(par->PCIO, par->IOBase + 0x0a);
 	if (par->paletteEnabled)
 		index &= ~0x20;
 	else