diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
index a2b39a1f5212..75b3c36c13bc 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ static void lpuart_copy_rx_to_tty(struct lpuart_port *sport)
 	struct dma_chan *chan = sport->dma_rx_chan;
 	struct circ_buf *ring = &sport->rx_ring;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int count = 0, copied;
+	int count, copied;
 
 	if (lpuart_is_32(sport)) {
 		unsigned long sr = lpuart32_read(&sport->port, UARTSTAT);