diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 1f97d77551c3..4aa9307feab0 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3202,7 +3202,6 @@ static int shmem_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *s
 	int len;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct page *page;
-	struct shmem_inode_info *info;
 
 	len = strlen(symname) + 1;
 	if (len > PAGE_SIZE)
@@ -3222,7 +3221,6 @@ static int shmem_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *s
 		error = 0;
 	}
 
-	info = SHMEM_I(inode);
 	inode->i_size = len-1;
 	if (len <= SHORT_SYMLINK_LEN) {
 		inode->i_link = kmemdup(symname, len, GFP_KERNEL);