diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hdmi.c
index 98da94ab3e24..299a94e78d03 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hdmi.c
@@ -543,11 +543,9 @@ void hsw_read_infoframe(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(encoder->base.dev);
 	enum transcoder cpu_transcoder = crtc_state->cpu_transcoder;
-	u32 val, *data = frame;
+	u32 *data = frame;
 	int i;
 
-	val = intel_de_read(dev_priv, HSW_TVIDEO_DIP_CTL(cpu_transcoder));
-
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i += 4)
 		*data++ = intel_de_read(dev_priv,
 				        hsw_dip_data_reg(dev_priv, cpu_transcoder, type, i >> 2));