diff --git a/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c b/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c
index 49461b6e6eb4..3a54213c1b5f 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c
@@ -1125,8 +1125,6 @@ mv_xor_channel_add(struct mv_xor_private *msp,
 	if (!adev->dma_desc_pool_virt)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	adev->id = hw_id;
-
 	/* discover transaction capabilites from the platform data */
 	dma_dev->cap_mask = cap_mask;
 	adev->pdev = pdev;
diff --git a/drivers/dma/mv_xor.h b/drivers/dma/mv_xor.h
index 7812565b3505..52ca6172bc6b 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/mv_xor.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/mv_xor.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ struct mv_xor_private {
  */
 struct mv_xor_device {
 	struct platform_device		*pdev;
-	int				id;
 	dma_addr_t			dma_desc_pool;
 	void				*dma_desc_pool_virt;
 	size_t                          pool_size;