1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index edf5a37bb5c3..cfe5df76e14b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -2490,11 +2490,9 @@ struct proto tcp_prot = {
 
 void __init tcp_v4_init(void)
 {
-        struct socket *__tcp_socket;
-        if (inet_ctl_sock_create(&__tcp_socket, PF_INET, SOCK_RAW,
+        if (inet_ctl_sock_create(&tcp_sock, PF_INET, SOCK_RAW,
                                  IPPROTO_TCP) < 0)
                 panic("Failed to create the TCP control socket.\n");
-        tcp_sock = __tcp_socket->sk;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipv4_specific);