diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
index 6d6349a145f9..a4a7770c6140 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request, long addr, long data)
 {
 	int rval;
 	unsigned long val = 0;
-	unsigned long copied;
 
 	switch (request) {
 	/* Read/write the word at location ADDR in the registers. */