diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 004dae4ea5bc63afaa255698bdf6528bba356235..beaa3a9d8b6d8b8c6ee02ac424be460ddbfe2f59 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -7086,7 +7086,6 @@ int ata_host_register(struct ata_host *host, struct scsi_host_template *sht)
 	DPRINTK("probe begin\n");
 	for (i = 0; i < host->n_ports; i++) {
 		struct ata_port *ap = host->ports[i];
-		int rc;
 
 		/* probe */
 		if (ap->ops->error_handler) {