diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index e4e6e991313e7b1e648fb100778709af9961491c..8642e56059fb22b39682e0daeb4d9377280dcf33 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -1644,7 +1644,6 @@ static size_t br_get_linkxstats_size(const struct net_device *dev, int attr)
 		p = br_port_get_rtnl(dev);
 		if (!p)
 			return 0;
-		br = p->br;
 		vg = nbp_vlan_group(p);
 		break;
 	default: