diff --git a/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_twi.c b/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_twi.c
index c9b17e11e27..14df0f62a42 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_twi.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_twi.c
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ static void twi_hw_initialize(struct twi_dev_s *priv, uint32_t frequency)
 
   /* Set the initial TWI data transfer frequency */
 
-  priv->frequency = 0
+  priv->frequency = 0;
   twi_setfrequency(priv, frequency);
 
   /* Enable Interrupts */