--- zzzz-none-000/linux-2.6.19.2/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c	2007-01-10 19:10:37.000000000 +0000
+++ davinci-8020-5505/linux-2.6.19.2/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c	2007-01-11 07:38:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@
 	if (copy_from_user(buf, buffer, len > sizeof(buf) ? sizeof(buf) : len)) {
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
-	interval = 0;
 	sscanf(buf, "%i", &interval);
 	if (interval <= 0) {
 		P_ERROR("Timer CPU interval has to be > 0!\n");