diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
index bd43f0152c21..a7f66bc8f0b0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
-DEFINE_SNMP_STAT(struct ipstats_mib, ipv6_statistics) __read_mostly;
-
 struct ip6_ra_chain *ip6_ra_chain;
 DEFINE_RWLOCK(ip6_ra_lock);