diff --git a/sound/core/rawmidi.c b/sound/core/rawmidi.c
index d8edb6055072..7147fda66d93 100644
--- a/sound/core/rawmidi.c
+++ b/sound/core/rawmidi.c
@@ -1050,7 +1050,6 @@ static int receive_with_tstamp_framing(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream,
 	struct snd_rawmidi_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 	struct snd_rawmidi_framing_tstamp *dest_ptr;
 	struct snd_rawmidi_framing_tstamp frame = { .tv_sec = tstamp->tv_sec, .tv_nsec = tstamp->tv_nsec };
-	int dest_frames = 0;
 	int orig_count = src_count;
 	int frame_size = sizeof(struct snd_rawmidi_framing_tstamp);
 
@@ -1077,7 +1076,6 @@ static int receive_with_tstamp_framing(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream,
 		runtime->avail += frame_size;
 		runtime->hw_ptr += frame_size;
 		runtime->hw_ptr %= runtime->buffer_size;
-		dest_frames++;
 	}
 	return orig_count - src_count;
 }