diff --git a/fs/autofs4/expire.c b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
index 394e90b02c5e..a7be57e39be7 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/expire.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_direct(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING)
 		goto out;
 	if (!autofs4_direct_busy(mnt, root, timeout, do_now)) {
-		struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(root);
 		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
 		init_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);