diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/generic_bandwidth_allocation.c b/drivers/soundwire/generic_bandwidth_allocation.c
index a9abb9722fde..805f5b6ebe86 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/generic_bandwidth_allocation.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/generic_bandwidth_allocation.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static void sdw_compute_master_ports(struct sdw_master_runtime *m_rt,
 static void _sdw_compute_port_params(struct sdw_bus *bus,
 				     struct sdw_group_params *params, int count)
 {
-	struct sdw_master_runtime *m_rt = NULL;
+	struct sdw_master_runtime *m_rt;
 	int hstop = bus->params.col - 1;
 	int block_offset, port_bo, i;
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static int sdw_compute_group_params(struct sdw_bus *bus,
 				    struct sdw_group_params *params,
 				    int *rates, int count)
 {
-	struct sdw_master_runtime *m_rt = NULL;
+	struct sdw_master_runtime *m_rt;
 	int sel_col = bus->params.col;
 	unsigned int rate, bps, ch;
 	int i, column_needed = 0;