diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 81dc57a69fd0..05ff3c58087e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -4266,7 +4266,7 @@ static void mvneta_mdio_remove(struct mvneta_port *pp)
  */
 static void mvneta_percpu_elect(struct mvneta_port *pp)
 {
-	int elected_cpu = 0, max_cpu, cpu, i = 0;
+	int elected_cpu = 0, max_cpu, cpu;
 
 	/* Use the cpu associated to the rxq when it is online, in all
 	 * the other cases, use the cpu 0 which can't be offline.
@@ -4306,8 +4306,6 @@ static void mvneta_percpu_elect(struct mvneta_port *pp)
 		 */
 		smp_call_function_single(cpu, mvneta_percpu_unmask_interrupt,
 					 pp, true);
-		i++;
-
 	}
 };