diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 648fa1490ea7..a896da50f398 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ ic_rarp_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt
 	struct arphdr *rarp;
 	unsigned char *rarp_ptr;
 	__be32 sip, tip;
-	unsigned char *sha, *tha;		/* s for "source", t for "target" */
+	unsigned char *tha;		/* t for "target" */
 	struct ic_device *d;
 
 	if (!net_eq(dev_net(dev), &init_net))
@@ -549,7 +549,6 @@ ic_rarp_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt
 		goto drop_unlock;	/* should never happen */
 
 	/* Extract variable-width fields */
-	sha = rarp_ptr;
 	rarp_ptr += dev->addr_len;
 	memcpy(&sip, rarp_ptr, 4);
 	rarp_ptr += 4;