diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunbmac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunbmac.c
index 967fe8cb476e56eda49013963a347f262712536d..c9c977bf02ace45e1e4be1b863d682995d39185f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunbmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunbmac.c
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ static void bigmac_clean_rings(struct bigmac *bp)
 static void bigmac_init_rings(struct bigmac *bp, int from_irq)
 {
 	struct bmac_init_block *bb = bp->bmac_block;
-	struct net_device *dev = bp->dev;
 	int i;
 	gfp_t gfp_flags = GFP_KERNEL;