diff --git a/tree-walk.c b/tree-walk.c
index 14cc5aea6c4eefbf4b0fa9c72ccb70ec550b44b4..22f4550b6ca4d2cb185fc19f6be414a8a0874a60 100644
--- a/tree-walk.c
+++ b/tree-walk.c
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ void traverse_trees(int n, struct tree_desc *t, const char *base, traverse_callb
 	struct name_entry *entry = xmalloc(n*sizeof(*entry));
 
 	for (;;) {
-		struct name_entry entry[3];
 		unsigned long mask = 0;
 		int i, last;