diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 4cb1d1be3cfbc9c14a6129ecdc2de5368ac668c4..bae472646e4a55838d3d8eb03bd30ada0b6d54bd 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -690,7 +690,6 @@ static int loop_change_fd(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev,
 			  unsigned int arg)
 {
 	struct file	*file, *old_file;
-	struct inode	*inode;
 	int		error;
 
 	error = -ENXIO;
@@ -711,7 +710,6 @@ static int loop_change_fd(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev,
 	if (error)
 		goto out_putf;
 
-	inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	old_file = lo->lo_backing_file;
 
 	error = -EINVAL;