diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/gpio16xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/gpio16xx.c
index 55acec22fef4..e8dbe173bd33 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/gpio16xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/gpio16xx.c
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ static int __init omap16xx_gpio_init(void)
 	void __iomem *base;
 	struct resource *res;
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
-	struct omap_gpio_platform_data *pdata;
 
 	if (!cpu_is_omap16xx())
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -226,7 +225,6 @@ static int __init omap16xx_gpio_init(void)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(omap16xx_gpio_dev); i++) {
 		pdev = omap16xx_gpio_dev[i];
-		pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 
 		res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 		if (unlikely(!res)) {