diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
index f8debf7aeb4c144b286c8a12570cad23d46decc8..5f2d03067ae57cdb95555fe423bdafc52bbec200 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *option);
 static unsigned long find_trampoline_placement(void)
 {
 	unsigned long bios_start = 0, ebda_start = 0;
-	unsigned long trampoline_start;
 	struct boot_e820_entry *entry;
 	char *signature;
 	int i;