1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index c29d46bef6b3..9de189db2cc3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -2941,7 +2941,7 @@ static int __ipmi_bmc_register(ipmi_smi_t intf,
                                bool guid_set, guid_t *guid, int intf_num)
 {
         int               rv;
-        struct bmc_device *bmc = intf->bmc;
+        struct bmc_device *bmc;
         struct bmc_device *old_bmc;
 
         /*