diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/hdmi5_core.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/hdmi5_core.c
index cb63bc0e92caa529169205b9c2b00e1268a87336..b33f62c5cb220b5433302c70d76717ffb6baf78f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/hdmi5_core.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/hdmi5_core.c
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ static int hdmi_core_ddc_edid(struct hdmi_core_data *core, u8 *pedid, u8 ext)
 {
 	void __iomem *base = core->base;
 	u8 cur_addr;
-	char checksum = 0;
 	const int retries = 1000;
 	u8 seg_ptr = ext / 2;
 	u8 edidbase = ((ext % 2) * 0x80);
@@ -178,7 +177,6 @@ static int hdmi_core_ddc_edid(struct hdmi_core_data *core, u8 *pedid, u8 ext)
 		}
 
 		pedid[cur_addr] = REG_GET(base, HDMI_CORE_I2CM_DATAI, 7, 0);
-		checksum += pedid[cur_addr];
 	}
 
 	return 0;