diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c
index f44cbd35357fd..c86da174a5fce 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ static int nfnl_acct_get(struct net *net, struct sock *nfnl,
 static int nfnl_acct_try_del(struct nf_acct *cur)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
-	unsigned int refcount;
 
 	/* We want to avoid races with nfnl_acct_put. So only when the current
 	 * refcnt is 1, we decrease it to 0.