diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
index a02099c90c5c..3dabc20b68a1 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
@@ -208,13 +208,11 @@ static inline void clear_io_bits(void __iomem *addr, u32 bits)
 static void davinci_spi_chipselect(struct spi_device *spi, int value)
 {
 	struct davinci_spi *dspi;
-	struct davinci_spi_platform_data *pdata;
 	struct davinci_spi_config *spicfg = spi->controller_data;
 	u8 chip_sel = spi->chip_select;
 	u16 spidat1 = CS_DEFAULT;
 
 	dspi = spi_master_get_devdata(spi->master);
-	pdata = &dspi->pdata;
 
 	/* program delay transfers if tx_delay is non zero */
 	if (spicfg && spicfg->wdelay)