diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-gpt.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-gpt.c
index 6a878d227a13..489e69169ed4 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-gpt.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-gpt.c
@@ -258,9 +258,8 @@ static irqreturn_t mxc_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	struct clock_event_device *ced = dev_id;
 	struct imx_timer *imxtm = to_imx_timer(ced);
-	uint32_t tstat;
 
-	tstat = readl_relaxed(imxtm->base + imxtm->gpt->reg_tstat);
+	readl_relaxed(imxtm->base + imxtm->gpt->reg_tstat);
 
 	imxtm->gpt->gpt_irq_acknowledge(imxtm);