diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
index b638fc2ef6f7..fc0295790f63 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ static int try_assign_dacs(struct hda_codec *codec, int num_outs,
 			path = snd_hda_add_new_path(codec, dac, pin, 0);
 		}
 		if (!path) {
-			dac = dacs[i] = 0;
+			dacs[i] = 0;
 			badness += bad->no_dac;
 		} else {
 			/* print_nid_path(codec, "output", path); */