1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 5792f9e39466..da649ccd6804 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ static struct kmem_cache *pde_opener_cache __ro_after_init;
 static struct inode *proc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
         struct proc_inode *ei;
-        struct inode *inode;
 
         ei = kmem_cache_alloc(proc_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!ei)
@@ -71,8 +70,7 @@ static struct inode *proc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
         ei->sysctl = NULL;
         ei->sysctl_entry = NULL;
         ei->ns_ops = NULL;
-        inode = &ei->vfs_inode;
-        return inode;
+        return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
 static void proc_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)