diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index ee418701cdee902ee7fea08767f51be055b87ad6..d258fd43092ef0d301eadc51c7e0993a4593ae99 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -2092,8 +2092,6 @@ vsock_connectible_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 	const struct vsock_transport *transport;
 	int err;
 
-	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
-
 	sk = sock->sk;
 	vsk = vsock_sk(sk);
 	err = 0;