diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_spi.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_spi.c
index b9dc91de90e8..1df07e7bea59 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_spi.c
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ static u8 crc7(u8 crc, const u8 *buffer, u32 len)
 
 #define USE_SPI_DMA     0
 
-static const struct wilc1000_ops wilc1000_spi_ops;
-
 static int wilc_bus_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
 	int ret, gpio;