diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 55a099e47ba2773e94e126285efc937391dee5d4..ddbac8776bd3e98daa9daa7fd3915e498b887fcf 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1275,7 +1275,6 @@ nfsd_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 		int type, dev_t rdev, struct svc_fh *resfhp)
 {
 	struct dentry	*dentry, *dchild = NULL;
-	struct inode	*dirp;
 	__be32		err;
 	int		host_err;
 
@@ -1287,7 +1286,6 @@ nfsd_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 		return err;
 
 	dentry = fhp->fh_dentry;
-	dirp = d_inode(dentry);
 
 	host_err = fh_want_write(fhp);
 	if (host_err)