diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/bios32.c b/arch/arm/kernel/bios32.c
index 632df9a66f8c1e989a3d369457579b5613c65aab..ede5f7741c42246984333a4398020015575ebaaa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/bios32.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/bios32.c
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ static inline int pdev_bad_for_parity(struct pci_dev *dev)
  */
 void pcibios_fixup_bus(struct pci_bus *bus)
 {
-	struct pci_sys_data *root = bus->sysdata;
 	struct pci_dev *dev;
 	u16 features = PCI_COMMAND_SERR | PCI_COMMAND_PARITY | PCI_COMMAND_FAST_BACK;