diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
index a1ea9777a444..2d3e114f4a66 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
@@ -2353,7 +2353,7 @@ vchiq_use_internal(struct vchiq_state *state, struct vchiq_service *service,
 	enum vchiq_status ret = VCHIQ_SUCCESS;
 	char entity[16];
 	int *entity_uc;
-	int local_uc, local_entity_uc;
+	int local_uc;
 
 	if (!arm_state)
 		goto out;
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@ vchiq_use_internal(struct vchiq_state *state, struct vchiq_service *service,
 
 	write_lock_bh(&arm_state->susp_res_lock);
 	local_uc = ++arm_state->videocore_use_count;
-	local_entity_uc = ++(*entity_uc);
+	++(*entity_uc);
 
 	vchiq_log_trace(vchiq_susp_log_level,
 		"%s %s count %d, state count %d",