diff --git a/sound/soc/s3c24xx/s3c-ac97.c b/sound/soc/s3c24xx/s3c-ac97.c
index ecf4fd04ae96..31f6d45b6384 100644
--- a/sound/soc/s3c24xx/s3c-ac97.c
+++ b/sound/soc/s3c24xx/s3c-ac97.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #define AC_CMD_DATA(x) (x & 0xffff)
 
 struct s3c_ac97_info {
-	unsigned           state;
 	struct clk         *ac97_clk;
 	void __iomem	   *regs;
 	struct mutex       lock;