diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
index 6d35570092d67bbfd0814739126fc7a372085d42..78fa777c87b1997c0f7ab8629801338923070aea 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
@@ -669,7 +669,6 @@ static void __ipoib_reap_ah(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = ipoib_priv(dev);
 	struct ipoib_ah *ah, *tah;
-	LIST_HEAD(remove_list);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	netif_tx_lock_bh(dev);