diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
index e046123b4792..3801b647ba67 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 
 #include "modedb.h"
 
-int smi_indent;
-
 /*
  * #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
  * ssize_t lynxfb_ops_write(struct fb_info *info, const char __user *buf,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.h b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.h
index 81e856e4b63f..fa06cb15d05f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.h
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #define FB_ACCEL_SMI 0xab
 
 #define MHZ(x) ((x) * 1000000)
-extern int smi_indent;
-
 
 struct lynx_accel {
 	/* base virtual address of DPR registers */