diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
index 9be1c871cf116..d7e172eeaab15 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
@@ -1093,7 +1093,6 @@ static void __maybe_unused wait_for_xmitr(struct uart_omap_port *up)
 
 	/* Wait up to 1s for flow control if necessary */
 	if (up->port.flags & UPF_CONS_FLOW) {
-		tmout = 1000000;
 		for (tmout = 1000000; tmout; tmout--) {
 			unsigned int msr = serial_in(up, UART_MSR);