diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index 62a0ca02ca7d..8d40565ad0c3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ static inline pte_t huge_ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm,
 static inline void huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 					 unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
-	pte_t pte;
-	pte = huge_ptep_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep);
+	huge_ptep_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep);
 	flush_hugetlb_page(vma, addr);
 }