diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index 35fe91aa1fc95ad6001adccbd85fa3856918879f..354bb5716ce329a39e43413a9ed373008c901b1e 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ enum tpm_pcrs { TPM_PCR0 = 0, TPM_PCR8 = 8 };
 extern int ima_policy_flag;
 
 /* set during initialization */
-extern int ima_initialized;
 extern int ima_used_chip;
 extern int ima_hash_algo;
 extern int ima_appraise;
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 74d0bd7e76d7159234c036df6c053532f58ab4a4..e771b736aa03e72a23a228ae5c589037a2214b04 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
 #include "ima.h"
 
-int ima_initialized;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_IMA_APPRAISE
 int ima_appraise = IMA_APPRAISE_ENFORCE;
 #else
@@ -517,10 +515,9 @@ static int __init init_ima(void)
 		error = ima_init();
 	}
 
-	if (!error) {
-		ima_initialized = 1;
+	if (!error)
 		ima_update_policy_flag();
-	}
+
 	return error;
 }