diff --git a/fs/afs/yfsclient.c b/fs/afs/yfsclient.c
index b0a6e40b4da3c4175b97ed37a95934ecdee30a20..52d5af5fcd44beb18e83c2bfa5a95c0b6498248b 100644
--- a/fs/afs/yfsclient.c
+++ b/fs/afs/yfsclient.c
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #include "xdr_fs.h"
 #include "protocol_yfs.h"
 
-static const struct afs_fid afs_zero_fid;
-
 #define xdr_size(x) (sizeof(*x) / sizeof(__be32))
 
 static void xdr_decode_YFSFid(const __be32 **_bp, struct afs_fid *fid)