diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
index f0e55e47eb540..da5f28c892ca5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(data_debug_level,
 		 "Enable data path debug tracing if > 0");
 #endif
 
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(pkey_mutex);
-
 struct ipoib_ah *ipoib_create_ah(struct net_device *dev,
 				 struct ib_pd *pd, struct ib_ah_attr *attr)
 {