diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index c20ebf44acfe..3e564158c401 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -3813,7 +3813,6 @@ static int macsec_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	if (macsec_is_offloaded(macsec)) {
 		const struct macsec_ops *ops;
 		struct macsec_context ctx;
-		int ret;
 
 		ops = macsec_get_ops(netdev_priv(dev), &ctx);
 		if (!ops) {