diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 2d795193024bc7f4eed84ba9a801e9acc0462f12..48b5b466ec7a3cb8e6c5c9481baf6d3582ae7427 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1020,8 +1020,6 @@ static __init void ftrace_profile_tracefs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER */
 
-static struct pid * const ftrace_swapper_pid = &init_struct_pid;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 static int ftrace_graph_active;
 #else