diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 6b158c404f434c798cade8c6f791e9b9361d6012..90ad7d70bc0cb0169ba98b80d5dfa4e3670c0a9f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -11008,8 +11008,6 @@ static int i40e_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	if ((pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_SRIOV_ENABLED) &&
 	    (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_MSIX_ENABLED) &&
 	    !test_bit(__I40E_BAD_EEPROM, &pf->state)) {
-		u32 val;
-
 		/* disable link interrupts for VFs */
 		val = rd32(hw, I40E_PFGEN_PORTMDIO_NUM);
 		val &= ~I40E_PFGEN_PORTMDIO_NUM_VFLINK_STAT_ENA_MASK;