diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
index 4304283bfb1aba81372ca5891037424462345a31..48f0f43cd05dc668b3a127372f1dd63c957dbed4 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(gic_lock);
 static struct irq_domain *gic_irq_domain;
 static struct irq_domain *gic_ipi_domain;
 static int gic_shared_intrs;
-static int gic_vpes;
 static unsigned int gic_cpu_pin;
 static unsigned int timer_cpu_pin;
 static struct irq_chip gic_level_irq_controller, gic_edge_irq_controller;
@@ -721,10 +720,6 @@ static int __init gic_of_init(struct device_node *node,
 	gic_shared_intrs >>= __ffs(GIC_CONFIG_NUMINTERRUPTS);
 	gic_shared_intrs = (gic_shared_intrs + 1) * 8;
 
-	gic_vpes = gicconfig & GIC_CONFIG_PVPS;
-	gic_vpes >>= __ffs(GIC_CONFIG_PVPS);
-	gic_vpes = gic_vpes + 1;
-
 	if (cpu_has_veic) {
 		/* Always use vector 1 in EIC mode */
 		gic_cpu_pin = 0;