diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/gyro/adis16130_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/gyro/adis16130_core.c
index 528863540796..2537f59f5425 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/gyro/adis16130_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/gyro/adis16130_core.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ static int adis16130_spi_read(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, u8 reg_addr, u32 *val)
 	spi_message_init(&msg);
 	spi_message_add_tail(&xfer, &msg);
 	ret = spi_sync(st->us, &msg);
-	ret = spi_read(st->us, st->buf, 4);
 
 	if (ret == 0)
 		*val = (st->buf[1] << 16) | (st->buf[2] << 8) | st->buf[3];