diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index 12bafb7265ce..efa2b3d339e3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -401,11 +401,8 @@ static struct inode *dlmfs_get_root_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = new_inode(sb);
 	umode_t mode = S_IFDIR | 0755;
-	struct dlmfs_inode_private *ip;
 
 	if (inode) {
-		ip = DLMFS_I(inode);
-
 		inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 		inode_init_owner(inode, NULL, mode);
 		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &dlmfs_backing_dev_info;