diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index d0237f872cc4..620ff8143751 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -3807,12 +3807,10 @@ nfsd4_delegreturn(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	struct nfs4_delegation *dp;
 	stateid_t *stateid = &dr->dr_stateid;
 	struct nfs4_stid *s;
-	struct inode *inode;
 	__be32 status;
 
 	if ((status = fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, S_IFREG, 0)))
 		return status;
-	inode = cstate->current_fh.fh_dentry->d_inode;
 
 	nfs4_lock_state();
 	status = nfsd4_lookup_stateid(stateid, NFS4_DELEG_STID, &s, cstate->minorversion);