diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index 596bb2c9de429f76e5c1642aa545906a673956a2..d917146c043bba9d01a8e876af5f899eb22c50b2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -657,8 +657,6 @@ xfs_buf_readahead(
 	xfs_off_t		ioff,
 	size_t			isize)
 {
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
-
 	if (bdi_read_congested(target->bt_bdi))
 		return;