diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adv_pci1710.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adv_pci1710.c
index d02df7d0c629c..57b7bc2e037a8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adv_pci1710.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adv_pci1710.c
@@ -455,7 +455,6 @@ static int pci171x_insn_read_ai(struct comedi_device *dev,
 				struct comedi_insn *insn, unsigned int *data)
 {
 	struct pci1710_private *devpriv = dev->private;
-	unsigned int chan = CR_CHAN(insn->chanspec);
 	int ret = 0;
 	int i;
 
@@ -477,7 +476,7 @@ static int pci171x_insn_read_ai(struct comedi_device *dev,
 			break;
 
 		val = inw(dev->iobase + PCI171x_AD_DATA);
-		ret = pci171x_ai_dropout(dev, s, chan, val);
+		ret = pci171x_ai_dropout(dev, s, 0, val);
 		if (ret)
 			break;