diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index df377e7d34ea..875f1c6ebe17 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4fc09385c79fa95e97365d33de9b4e046d680b94
+refs/heads/master: 8ec3cf7d29aef773eee5bc6cd9b0fa4d3fb42480
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c b/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c
index 9b76b03d0600..2a59bde663f2 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ core_initcall(cpufreq_tsc);
 
 #endif
 
-static int tsc_unstable = 0;
-
 /*
  * Make an educated guess if the TSC is trustworthy and synchronized
  * over all CPUs.