1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index a43e6617b351..5a61f77e7d7c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1088,7 +1088,6 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, stru
 struct dentry *ext4_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 {
         __u32 ino;
-        struct inode *inode;
         static const struct qstr dotdot = {
                 .name = "..",
                 .len = 2,
@@ -1097,7 +1096,6 @@ struct dentry *ext4_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
         struct buffer_head *bh;
 
         bh = ext4_find_entry(child->d_inode, &dotdot, &de);
-        inode = NULL;
         if (!bh)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
         ino = le32_to_cpu(de->inode);