1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
index 7b5eea7e01dc..8b5ea399a4f4 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
@@ -145,12 +145,6 @@ static void ata_acpi_handle_hotplug(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *dev,
         struct ata_eh_info *ehi = &ap->link.eh_info;
         int wait = 0;
         unsigned long flags;
-        acpi_handle handle;
-
-        if (dev)
-                handle = dev->acpi_handle;
-        else
-                handle = ap->acpi_handle;
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(ap->lock, flags);
         /*