diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 79bcc9f92e48..bd932c1b130b 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2047,7 +2047,6 @@ struct vm_area_struct *find_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 		return vma;
 
 	rb_node = mm->mm_rb.rb_node;
-	vma = NULL;
 
 	while (rb_node) {
 		struct vm_area_struct *tmp;