diff --git a/kernel/stop_machine.c b/kernel/stop_machine.c
index e446c7c7d6a9..af3c7cea258b 100644
--- a/kernel/stop_machine.c
+++ b/kernel/stop_machine.c
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ static void ack_state(void)
 static int stop_cpu(struct stop_machine_data *smdata)
 {
 	enum stopmachine_state curstate = STOPMACHINE_NONE;
-	int uninitialized_var(ret);
 
 	/* Simple state machine */
 	do {