diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index e54890aff5f1bda57afe2d019e405e2516448043..0fec670e51ef8ba267967801f094e5a784f159fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -2436,7 +2436,6 @@ e1000_clean_tx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 			tx_desc->lower.data = 0;
 			tx_desc->upper.data = 0;
 
-			cleaned = (i == eop);
 			if(unlikely(++i == tx_ring->count)) i = 0;
 		}