diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_iface.c b/net/ax25/ax25_iface.c
index 5a0dda8..60b545e 100644
--- a/net/ax25/ax25_iface.c
+++ b/net/ax25/ax25_iface.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 void ax25_protocol_release(unsigned int pid)
 {
-	struct ax25_protocol *s, *protocol;
+	struct ax25_protocol *protocol;
 
 	write_lock_bh(&protocol_list_lock);
 	protocol = protocol_list;
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
 
 	while (protocol != NULL && protocol->next != NULL) {
 		if (protocol->next->pid == pid) {
-			s = protocol->next;
 			protocol->next = protocol->next->next;
 			goto out;
 		}