diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 7dd21720e5b0..3db6af0601a5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ static inline void *load_real_addr(void *addr)
 static int copy_from_realmem(void *dest, void *src, size_t count)
 {
 	unsigned long size;
-	int rc;
 
 	if (!count)
 		return 0;