diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
index f755ca2484cf..1aa8114a4f77 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static int skl_resume(struct device *dev)
 	struct pci_dev *pci = to_pci_dev(dev);
 	struct hdac_bus *bus = pci_get_drvdata(pci);
 	struct skl_dev *skl  = bus_to_skl(bus);
-	struct hdac_ext_link *hlink = NULL;
+	struct hdac_ext_link *hlink;
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ static void skl_probe_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct skl_dev *skl = container_of(work, struct skl_dev, probe_work);
 	struct hdac_bus *bus = skl_to_bus(skl);
-	struct hdac_ext_link *hlink = NULL;
+	struct hdac_ext_link *hlink;
 	int err;
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_HDAC_HDMI)) {