diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c
index cc549a9a99e8..9b95d80ebc6e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static inline void ip32_machine_halt(void)
 
 static void ip32_machine_power_off(void)
 {
-	volatile unsigned char reg_a, xctrl_a, xctrl_b;
+	unsigned char reg_a, xctrl_a, xctrl_b;
 
 	disable_irq(MACEISA_RTC_IRQ);
 	reg_a = CMOS_READ(RTC_REG_A);
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static void blink_timeout(unsigned long data)
 
 static void debounce(unsigned long data)
 {
-	volatile unsigned char reg_a, reg_c, xctrl_a;
+	unsigned char reg_a, reg_c, xctrl_a;
 
 	reg_c = CMOS_READ(RTC_INTR_FLAGS);
 	reg_a = CMOS_READ(RTC_REG_A);
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static inline void ip32_power_button(void)
 
 static irqreturn_t ip32_rtc_int(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
-	volatile unsigned char reg_c;
+	unsigned char reg_c;
 
 	reg_c = CMOS_READ(RTC_INTR_FLAGS);
 	if (!(reg_c & RTC_IRQF)) {