diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/uprobes.c b/arch/mips/kernel/uprobes.c
index 4aaff3b3175c..6dbe4eab0a0e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@ int arch_uprobe_pre_xol(struct arch_uprobe *aup, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 */
 	aup->resume_epc = regs->cp0_epc + 4;
 	if (insn_has_delay_slot((union mips_instruction) aup->insn[0])) {
-		unsigned long epc;
-
-		epc = regs->cp0_epc;
 		__compute_return_epc_for_insn(regs,
 			(union mips_instruction) aup->insn[0]);
 		aup->resume_epc = regs->cp0_epc;