diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 02bf2434397981e223d62fbcb4cd73a03667049e..588cfb4086423096c630254b35aa98b963a0cb6d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -671,7 +671,6 @@ static int ext4_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
 	unsigned long def_mount_opts;
 	struct super_block *sb = vfs->mnt_sb;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
-	journal_t *journal = sbi->s_journal;
 	struct ext4_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
 
 	def_mount_opts = le32_to_cpu(es->s_default_mount_opts);