diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/s5p-common/pwm.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/s5p-common/pwm.c
index ff95b84f5505d9ea63bb1ee635ae5ae5f696ad55..58d279e003ff0df2ffd34b3373343fd232f95aa2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/s5p-common/pwm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/s5p-common/pwm.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ int pwm_config(int pwm_id, int duty_ns, int period_ns)
 	unsigned long period;
 	unsigned long tcon;
 	unsigned long tcnt;
-	unsigned long timer_rate_hz;
 	unsigned long tcmp;
 
 	/*
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ int pwm_config(int pwm_id, int duty_ns, int period_ns)
 
 	/* Check to see if we are changing the clock rate of the PWM */
 	tin_rate = pwm_calc_tin(pwm_id, period);
-	timer_rate_hz = tin_rate;
 
 	tin_ns = NS_IN_HZ / tin_rate;
 	tcnt = period_ns / tin_ns;