diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 203c46306a74..7cd4377ac83e 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -580,11 +580,8 @@ static void __remove_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn)
 {
 	struct pglist_data *pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
 	int nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION;
-	int zone_type;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	zone_type = zone - pgdat->node_zones;
-
 	pgdat_resize_lock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags);
 	shrink_zone_span(zone, start_pfn, start_pfn + nr_pages);
 	shrink_pgdat_span(pgdat, start_pfn, start_pfn + nr_pages);