diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/msr.c b/arch/i386/kernel/msr.c
index 44470fea430985b14f838b9a4c06314921b7390d..1d0a55e687602ff49be8aed13771e76a1c43c3d2 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/msr.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/msr.c
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ static ssize_t msr_read(struct file *file, char __user * buf,
 {
 	u32 __user *tmp = (u32 __user *) buf;
 	u32 data[2];
-	size_t rv;
 	u32 reg = *ppos;
 	int cpu = iminor(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
 	int err;
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ static ssize_t msr_read(struct file *file, char __user * buf,
 	if (count % 8)
 		return -EINVAL;	/* Invalid chunk size */
 
-	for (rv = 0; count; count -= 8) {
+	for (; count; count -= 8) {
 		err = do_rdmsr(cpu, reg, &data[0], &data[1]);
 		if (err)
 			return err;