diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace/ptrace-view.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace/ptrace-view.c
index 19823a250aa0219828e3717040cdffaa0b9c8131..7e6478e7ed0747920a02ef181b9cd8985e520366 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace/ptrace-view.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace/ptrace-view.c
@@ -470,8 +470,6 @@ static int pkey_active(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *reg
 static int pkey_get(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 		    struct membuf to)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(TSO(amr) + sizeof(unsigned long) != TSO(iamr));
 
 	if (!arch_pkeys_enabled())