diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bpf.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bpf.c
index 078d2c37a6c1360bff4d773dc66b063b4c0633e4..7799942ed349ebc8d0acb14309e6865b922ea0e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bpf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bpf.c
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ int nsim_bpf_setup_tc_block_cb(enum tc_setup_type type,
 	struct tc_cls_bpf_offload *cls_bpf = type_data;
 	struct bpf_prog *prog = cls_bpf->prog;
 	struct netdevsim *ns = cb_priv;
-	bool skip_sw;
 
 	if (type != TC_SETUP_CLSBPF ||
 	    !tc_can_offload(ns->netdev) ||
@@ -115,8 +114,6 @@ int nsim_bpf_setup_tc_block_cb(enum tc_setup_type type,
 	    cls_bpf->common.chain_index)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	skip_sw = cls_bpf->gen_flags & TCA_CLS_FLAGS_SKIP_SW;
-
 	if (nsim_xdp_offload_active(ns))
 		return -EBUSY;