diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c
index 281edab518cdd367852c485c666b7a9d0288e3f0..d6ea01f3797be710da32e5ebb05e30d58e877ca8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c
@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ int qxl_surface_id_alloc(struct qxl_device *qdev,
 {
 	uint32_t handle;
 	int idr_ret;
-	int count = 0;
 again:
 	idr_preload(GFP_ATOMIC);
 	spin_lock(&qdev->surf_id_idr_lock);
@@ -433,7 +432,6 @@ again:
 	handle = idr_ret;
 
 	if (handle >= qdev->rom->n_surfaces) {
-		count++;
 		spin_lock(&qdev->surf_id_idr_lock);
 		idr_remove(&qdev->surf_id_idr, handle);
 		spin_unlock(&qdev->surf_id_idr_lock);