diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 3a43fa6ba2ee..f585d0239551 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -1814,7 +1814,6 @@ base_error:
 static int soc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct snd_soc_card *card = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * no card, so machine driver should be registering card