diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
index daaea5003d4a1c6f2a852b987fba4b30d18ad5d6..58f77fd0f59fe82700491f1b22c803e57ca089cb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
@@ -415,7 +415,6 @@ static int save_arch_std_events(void *data, char *name, char *event,
 				char *metric_name, char *metric_group)
 {
 	struct event_struct *es;
-	struct stat *sb = data;
 
 	es = malloc(sizeof(*es));
 	if (!es)