diff --git a/drivers/net/atl1/atl1_main.c b/drivers/net/atl1/atl1_main.c
index 6862c11ff864..3bb40dd4a410 100644
--- a/drivers/net/atl1/atl1_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/atl1/atl1_main.c
@@ -634,14 +634,13 @@ static void atl1_intr_tx(struct atl1_adapter *adapter)
 	struct atl1_buffer *buffer_info;
 	u16 sw_tpd_next_to_clean;
 	u16 cmb_tpd_next_to_clean;
-	u8 update = 0;
 
 	sw_tpd_next_to_clean = atomic_read(&tpd_ring->next_to_clean);
 	cmb_tpd_next_to_clean = le16_to_cpu(adapter->cmb.cmb->tpd_cons_idx);
 
 	while (cmb_tpd_next_to_clean != sw_tpd_next_to_clean) {
 		struct tx_packet_desc *tpd;
-		update = 1;
+
 		tpd = ATL1_TPD_DESC(tpd_ring, sw_tpd_next_to_clean);
 		buffer_info = &tpd_ring->buffer_info[sw_tpd_next_to_clean];
 		if (buffer_info->dma) {