diff --git a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ctrl.c b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ctrl.c
index ffb46f915334..bb36a8fbc9b1 100644
--- a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ctrl.c
@@ -439,13 +439,12 @@ static int slim_get_current_rxbuf(struct qcom_slim_ctrl *ctrl, void *buf)
 static void qcom_slim_rxwq(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	u8 buf[SLIM_MSGQ_BUF_LEN];
-	u8 mc, mt, len;
+	u8 mc, mt;
 	int ret;
 	struct qcom_slim_ctrl *ctrl = container_of(work, struct qcom_slim_ctrl,
 						 wd);
 
 	while ((slim_get_current_rxbuf(ctrl, buf)) != -ENODATA) {
-		len = SLIM_HEADER_GET_RL(buf[0]);
 		mt = SLIM_HEADER_GET_MT(buf[0]);
 		mc = SLIM_HEADER_GET_MC(buf[1]);
 		if (mt == SLIM_MSG_MT_CORE &&