diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/max9850.c b/sound/soc/codecs/max9850.c
index f50ee8f5fe93..6f43748f9239 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/max9850.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/max9850.c
@@ -27,19 +27,6 @@ struct max9850_priv {
 	unsigned int sysclk;
 };
 
-/* max9850 register cache */
-static const struct reg_default max9850_reg[] = {
-	{  2, 0x0c },
-	{  3, 0x00 },
-	{  4, 0x00 },
-	{  5, 0x00 },
-	{  6, 0x00 },
-	{  7, 0x00 },
-	{  8, 0x00 },
-	{  9, 0x00 },
-	{ 10, 0x00 },
-};
-
 /* these registers are not used at the moment but provided for the sake of
  * completeness */
 static bool max9850_volatile_register(struct device *dev, unsigned int reg)