diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c
index 10bd39c0ae2d..50b131c28b85 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ __ip_vs_reroute_locally(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			},
 			.mark = skb->mark,
 		};
-		struct rtable *rt;
 
 		if (ip_route_output_key(net, &rt, &fl))
 			return 0;