diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 33443b170c1f..fbe156254f71 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7dd607e82d823e40675b0b87f035ff04dcb0b5c0
+refs/heads/master: d9a5f04b6a8e0e681ae37fde84016a57ca17371f
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/vt.c b/trunk/drivers/char/vt.c
index 50faa1fb0f06..94f530a29691 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -2119,8 +2119,6 @@ static int do_con_write(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *buf, int co
 	uint8_t inverse;
 	uint8_t width;
 	u16 himask, charmask;
-	const unsigned char *orig_buf = NULL;
-	int orig_count;
 
 	if (in_interrupt())
 		return count;
@@ -2142,8 +2140,6 @@ static int do_con_write(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *buf, int co
 	    release_console_sem();
 	    return 0;
 	}
-	orig_buf = buf;
-	orig_count = count;
 
 	himask = vc->vc_hi_font_mask;
 	charmask = himask ? 0x1ff : 0xff;