diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
index ec2e63a7963b2676ba0f542f8fad1dec7acdf44e..f3ef70c542e1bc3392b391fefe904b787a0920a5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 	xfs_rfsblock_t		new;
 	xfs_agnumber_t		oagcount;
 	xfs_trans_t		*tp;
-	LIST_HEAD		(buffer_list);
 	struct aghdr_init_data	id = {};
 
 	nb = in->newblocks;