diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index cb4a10690868..fdbe23027810 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -3135,7 +3135,6 @@ restart:
 	read_seqbegin_or_lock(&rename_lock, &seq);
 	while (!IS_ROOT(dentry)) {
 		struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
-		int error;
 
 		prefetch(parent);
 		error = prepend_name(&end, &len, &dentry->d_name);