diff --git a/fs/cifs/ioctl.c b/fs/cifs/ioctl.c
index 54f32f9143a91b372281be2646c387e4847f0580..565cf7d6f81fa405d7763ada2cb17b6914af57ac 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/ioctl.c
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ long cifs_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int command, unsigned long arg)
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filep);
 	int rc = -ENOTTY; /* strange error - but the precedent */
 	unsigned int xid;
-	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
 	struct cifsFileInfo *pSMBFile = filep->private_data;
 	struct cifs_tcon *tcon;
 	__u64	ExtAttrBits = 0;
@@ -131,7 +130,6 @@ long cifs_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int command, unsigned long arg)
 
 	xid = get_xid();
 
-	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "cifs ioctl 0x%x\n", command);
 	switch (command) {
 		case FS_IOC_GETFLAGS: