diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c
index c7dffa656564..7d427d541fd3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c
@@ -1306,7 +1306,6 @@ static int iss_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	iss->dev = &pdev->dev;
 	iss->pdata = pdata;
-	iss->ref_count = 0;
 
 	iss->raw_dmamask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
 	iss->dev->dma_mask = &iss->raw_dmamask;