diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.c
index e2cc98931552949bc708095ce24f4e259070c462..b22c7e928eb1cf7481bc43cfad728b924cec2a1e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.c
@@ -2389,8 +2389,6 @@ xfs_btree_lshift(
 	XFS_BTREE_STATS_ADD(cur, moves, rrecs - 1);
 	if (level > 0) {
 		/* It's a nonleaf. operate on keys and ptrs */
-		int			i;		/* loop index */
-
 		for (i = 0; i < rrecs; i++) {
 			error = xfs_btree_debug_check_ptr(cur, rpp, i + 1, level);
 			if (error)