diff --git a/scripts/asn1_compiler.c b/scripts/asn1_compiler.c
index c146020fc783..1b28787028d3 100644
--- a/scripts/asn1_compiler.c
+++ b/scripts/asn1_compiler.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static void tokenise(char *buffer, char *end)
 
 			/* Handle string tokens */
 			if (isalpha(*p)) {
-				const char **dir, *start = p;
+				const char **dir;
 
 				/* Can be a directive, type name or element
 				 * name.  Find the end of the name.