1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 8c29f82b15e4..88f7ff6da404 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ static void error(char *m);
  * This is set up by the setup-routine at boot-time
  */
 struct boot_params *real_mode;          /* Pointer to real-mode data */
-static int debug;
 
 void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);
 void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n);
@@ -326,9 +325,6 @@ asmlinkage void decompress_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap,
 {
         real_mode = rmode;
 
-        if (cmdline_find_option_bool("debug"))
-                debug = 1;
-
         if (real_mode->screen_info.orig_video_mode == 7) {
                 vidmem = (char *) 0xb0000;
                 vidport = 0x3b4;