diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/tlb.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/tlb.c
index d4acf6fa0596..bf60983a58c7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/tlb.c
@@ -630,7 +630,6 @@ static void early_init_this_mmu(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E
 	if (mmu_has_feature(MMU_FTR_TYPE_FSL_E)) {
 		unsigned int num_cams;
-		int __maybe_unused cpu = smp_processor_id();
 		bool map = true;
 
 		/* use a quarter of the TLBCAM for bolted linear map */