diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
index 4ef93ae2235f..49cee9df225b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ int module_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
 		const Elf_Shdr *sechdrs, struct module *me)
 {
 	const Elf_Shdr *sect;
-	int err;
 
 	/* Apply feature fixups */
 	sect = find_section(hdr, sechdrs, "__ftr_fixup");