diff --git a/drivers/md/md-multipath.c b/drivers/md/md-multipath.c
index 5c70176fa24d67937134ffb337ca935941f9f3b2..e40065bdbfc84ef8455dbcc88d6a3208a6780571 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-multipath.c
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ static void print_multipath_conf (struct mpconf *conf)
 static int multipath_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 {
 	struct mpconf *conf = mddev->private;
-	struct request_queue *q;
 	int err = -EEXIST;
 	int path;
 	struct multipath_info *p;
@@ -257,7 +256,6 @@ static int multipath_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 
 	for (path = first; path <= last; path++)
 		if ((p=conf->multipaths+path)->rdev == NULL) {
-			q = rdev->bdev->bd_disk->queue;
 			disk_stack_limits(mddev->gendisk, rdev->bdev,
 					  rdev->data_offset << 9);