diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index c03b96709179b..701c51ed3e7c0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@ static void msm_preclose(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 {
 	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct msm_file_private *ctx = file->driver_priv;
-	struct msm_kms *kms = priv->kms;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 	if (ctx == priv->lastctx)