diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer.c b/sound/usb/mixer.c
index 2faf5767c7f8..428d581f988f 100644
--- a/sound/usb/mixer.c
+++ b/sound/usb/mixer.c
@@ -2726,7 +2726,6 @@ static int parse_audio_selector_unit(struct mixer_build *state, int unitid,
 #define MAX_ITEM_NAME_LEN	64
 	for (i = 0; i < desc->bNrInPins; i++) {
 		struct usb_audio_term iterm;
-		len = 0;
 		namelist[i] = kmalloc(MAX_ITEM_NAME_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!namelist[i]) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;