diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
index 54ae373e6e22..0553648b7595 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ char *__init __acpi_map_table(unsigned long phys_addr, unsigned long size)
                             Boot-time Table Parsing
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-static int total_cpus __initdata;
 static int available_cpus __initdata;
 struct acpi_table_madt *acpi_madt __initdata;
 static u8 has_8259;