diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 5b93a7d94d4256132fcb7a9ed13ec8c6213510c2..63adcb792988016d642a6e341bcbca2f694b68d1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,6 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, stru
 struct dentry *ext4_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 {
 	unsigned long ino;
-	struct dentry *parent;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	static const struct qstr dotdot = {
 		.name = "..",