diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
index 6e4ce2df87cf68cb3305878b72650e711124a6bf..958b90f761e5eb75c3953ff30d443318456b19a7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ int mce_available(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned, mce_exception_count);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned, mce_poll_count);
 
-extern atomic_t mce_entry;
-
 typedef DECLARE_BITMAP(mce_banks_t, MAX_NR_BANKS);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(mce_banks_t, mce_poll_banks);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 6cc800381d1462867a6ae425d5eb60710570ab7f..bb92f38153b210a05fc16520e4b0bc44e828537d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(mce_chrdev_read_mutex);
 
 #define SPINUNIT 100	/* 100ns */
 
-atomic_t mce_entry;
-
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned, mce_exception_count);
 
 struct mce_bank *mce_banks __read_mostly;
@@ -1040,8 +1038,6 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(valid_banks, MAX_NR_BANKS);
 	char *msg = "Unknown";
 
-	atomic_inc(&mce_entry);
-
 	this_cpu_inc(mce_exception_count);
 
 	if (!cfg->banks)
@@ -1171,7 +1167,6 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 		mce_report_event(regs);
 	mce_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCG_STATUS, 0);
 out:
-	atomic_dec(&mce_entry);
 	sync_core();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_machine_check);