diff --git a/drivers/net/r6040.c b/drivers/net/r6040.c
index 72fd9e97c190f0ebc5e43b0f259db775b6287916..b2dcdb5ed8bde1b3ca424ad17fb310c4b5a2ba5e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/r6040.c
+++ b/drivers/net/r6040.c
@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ static void r6040_down(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct r6040_private *lp = netdev_priv(dev);
 	void __iomem *ioaddr = lp->base;
-	struct pci_dev *pdev = lp->pdev;
 	int limit = 2048;
 	u16 *adrp;
 	u16 cmd;