diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c
index 0782ff3c227352e7b92b595960cc62aee5c2c4ce..faf452d0edf0262198bad7519b25450ef815efb0 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@ static int xenbus_write_watch(unsigned msg_type, struct xenbus_file_priv *u)
 	struct watch_adapter *watch;
 	char *path, *token;
 	int err, rc;
-	LIST_HEAD(staging_q);
 
 	path = u->u.buffer + sizeof(u->u.msg);
 	token = memchr(path, 0, u->u.msg.len);
@@ -523,7 +522,6 @@ static ssize_t xenbus_file_write(struct file *filp,
 	uint32_t msg_type;
 	int rc = len;
 	int ret;
-	LIST_HEAD(staging_q);
 
 	/*
 	 * We're expecting usermode to be writing properly formed