diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
index 170115fc43c54f1ef44ba5ebd017bdd9bb6dfbe4..1339ede979afd5e3dfcb0d3a371dea41d01696b4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ static void
 nfs4_shutdown_ds_clients(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
 	struct nfs4_ds_server *dss;
-	LIST_HEAD(shutdown_list);
 
 	while (!list_empty(&clp->cl_ds_clients)) {
 		dss = list_entry(clp->cl_ds_clients.next,