diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_lte.c b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_lte.c
index 0d8d8fed283d..d5bec53b0194 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_lte.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_lte.c
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ static __sum16 icmp6_checksum(struct ipv6hdr *ipv6, u16 *ptr, int len)
 	pseudo_header.ph.ph_len = be16_to_cpu(ipv6->payload_len);
 	pseudo_header.ph.ph_nxt = ipv6->nexthdr;
 
-	w = (u16 *)&pseudo_header;
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pseudo_header.pa); i++) {
 		pa = pseudo_header.pa[i];
 		sum = csum_add(sum, csum_unfold((__force __sum16)pa));