diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 2cb33896198c4c..2d368cafb23e77 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,6 @@ static blk_qc_t __map_bio(struct dm_target_io *tio)
 	sector_t sector;
 	struct bio *clone = &tio->clone;
 	struct dm_io *io = tio->io;
-	struct mapped_device *md = io->md;
 	struct dm_target *ti = tio->ti;
 	blk_qc_t ret = BLK_QC_T_NONE;