diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
index 14654e6824116f5c96766b07c93cacf1a6a28c5d..c80081a6ba415584553eea8c78377663914e4347 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -754,10 +754,8 @@ void __setup_vector_irq(int cpu)
 {
 	/* Initialize vector_irq on a new cpu */
 	/* This function must be called with vector_lock held */
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int irq, vector;
 
-
 	/* Mark the inuse vectors */
 	for (irq = 0; irq < NR_IRQ_VECTORS; ++irq) {
 		if (!cpu_isset(cpu, irq_domain[irq]))