diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index e6c7a84bb1df..2321643974da 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -1768,7 +1768,6 @@ static int run_cache_set(struct cache_set *c)
 	set_gc_sectors(c);
 
 	if (CACHE_SYNC(&c->sb)) {
-		LIST_HEAD(journal);
 		struct bkey *k;
 		struct jset *j;