1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_HL.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_HL.c
index e54ea92d107b..435750f664dd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_HL.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_HL.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ static unsigned int ip6t_hl_target(struct sk_buff **pskb,
 {
         struct ipv6hdr *ip6h;
         const struct ip6t_HL_info *info = targinfo;
-        u_int16_t diffs[2];
         int new_hl;
 
         if (!skb_make_writable(pskb, (*pskb)->len))
@@ -53,11 +52,8 @@ static unsigned int ip6t_hl_target(struct sk_buff **pskb,
                         break;
         }
 
-        if (new_hl != ip6h->hop_limit) {
-                diffs[0] = htons(((unsigned)ip6h->hop_limit) << 8) ^ 0xFFFF;
+        if (new_hl != ip6h->hop_limit)
                 ip6h->hop_limit = new_hl;
-                diffs[1] = htons(((unsigned)ip6h->hop_limit) << 8);
-        }
 
         return IP6T_CONTINUE;
 }