diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/pineview/raminit.c b/src/northbridge/intel/pineview/raminit.c
index 282765e..72063cb 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/pineview/raminit.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/pineview/raminit.c
@@ -1835,7 +1835,6 @@
 
 static u8 sampledqs(u32 dqshighaddr, u32 strobeaddr, u8 highlow, u8 count)
 {
-	volatile u32 strobedata;
 	u8 dqsmatches = 1;
 	while (count--) {
 		MCHBAR8(0x5d8) = MCHBAR8(0x5d8) & ~0x2;
@@ -1843,7 +1842,7 @@
 		MCHBAR8(0x5d8) = MCHBAR8(0x5d8) | 0x2;
 		hpet_udelay(1);
 		barrier();
-		strobedata = read32((void *)strobeaddr);
+		read32((void *)strobeaddr);
 		barrier();
 		hpet_udelay(1);