diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-stat.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-stat.c
index 88c70be99031..c1053d820c1f 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-stat.c
@@ -541,8 +541,6 @@ static void skip_signal(int signo)
 
 int cmd_stat(int argc, char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	sigset_t blocked;
-
 	page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	process_options(argc, argv);