diff --git a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
index 32fae4040ebf..2efc57173fd7 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ramfs_file_inode_operations = {
  */
 int ramfs_nommu_expand_for_mapping(struct inode *inode, size_t newsize)
 {
-	unsigned long npages, xpages, loop, limit;
+	unsigned long npages, xpages, loop;
 	struct page *pages;
 	unsigned order;
 	void *data;