diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 84392f3237c13..e009087620e30 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ static void nfnetlink_rcv_batch(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 static void nfnetlink_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
-	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
 	int msglen;
 
 	if (nlh->nlmsg_len < NLMSG_HDRLEN ||