diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/rtc.c b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/rtc.c
index 056c65c17f..7bf5bc8c0f 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/rtc.c
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/rtc.c
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ u16 rtc_get_frequency_meter(u16 val, u16 measure_src, u16 window_size)
 {
 	u16 bbpu, osc32con;
 	u16 fqmtr_busy, fqmtr_data, fqmtr_rst, fqmtr_tcksel;
-	struct stopwatch sw;
 
 	rtc_read(RTC_BBPU, &bbpu);
 	rtc_write(RTC_BBPU, bbpu | RTC_BBPU_KEY | RTC_BBPU_RELOAD);
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ u16 rtc_get_frequency_meter(u16 val, u16 measure_src, u16 window_size)
 	rtc_write(PMIC_RG_FQMTR_CON0, fqmtr_tcksel | PMIC_FQMTR_CON0_FQMTR_EN);
 	udelay(100);
 
-	stopwatch_init_usecs_expire(&sw, FQMTR_TIMEOUT_US);
 	/* FQMTR read until ready */
 	if (!wait_us(FQMTR_TIMEOUT_US,
 		     rtc_read(PMIC_RG_FQMTR_CON0, &fqmtr_busy) == 0 &&