diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 259f633ca594..4e10efd2432c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -2573,7 +2573,6 @@ CIFSSMBQueryReparseLinkInfo(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 	int bytes_returned;
-	int name_len;
 	struct smb_com_transaction_ioctl_req *pSMB;
 	struct smb_com_transaction_ioctl_rsp *pSMBr;