diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 3495d6486b717d5b0f80b3ba6035a8a3de5d47be..2849713d22317290451bda8c2e0909d2454d9e13 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1101,7 +1101,6 @@ static ssize_t random_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 			    size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	size_t ret;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 
 	ret = write_pool(&blocking_pool, buffer, count);
 	if (ret)