diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
index f9a038ec5256b80bdba8f80c9659cfc822e15a48..f4deb862efc6dd0ab7ba802cb70058bdc827a314 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
@@ -5428,12 +5428,10 @@ static void
 lpfc_free_tx(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(completions);
-	struct lpfc_sli *psli;
 	IOCB_t     *icmd;
 	struct lpfc_iocbq    *iocb, *next_iocb;
 	struct lpfc_sli_ring *pring;
 
-	psli = &phba->sli;
 	pring = lpfc_phba_elsring(phba);
 	if (unlikely(!pring))
 		return;