diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c
index f7bc85a27d1b9b35360319a476a3269de9692f8c..14fc36ac3d854b460e396a324a1327240b7d4ef4 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ static dma_cookie_t tsi721_tx_submit(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *txd)
 static int tsi721_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *dchan)
 {
 	struct tsi721_bdma_chan *bdma_chan = to_tsi721_chan(dchan);
-	struct tsi721_tx_desc *desc = NULL;
+	struct tsi721_tx_desc *desc;
 	int i;
 
 	tsi_debug(DMA, &dchan->dev->device, "DMAC%d", bdma_chan->id);