diff --git a/arch/i386/pci/init.c b/arch/i386/pci/init.c
index b21b6da8ab1dc6915258a4ec211e43cb6c39c61c..1cf11af96de25341d919e59c83138525aa202380 100644
--- a/arch/i386/pci/init.c
+++ b/arch/i386/pci/init.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
    in the right sequence from here. */
 static __init int pci_access_init(void)
 {
-	int type = 0;
+	int type __attribute__((unused)) = 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT
 	type = pci_direct_probe();