diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
index f3140e0f284e..c6bfec39864c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
@@ -1365,7 +1365,6 @@ int wilc_send_config_pkt(struct wilc_vif *vif, u8 mode, struct wid *wids,
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-		counter = 0;
 		for (counter = 0; counter < count; counter++) {
 			wids[counter].size = wilc_wlan_cfg_get_val(
 					wids[counter].id,