diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 04864d2c3b36f60f39ad63a1648ea51abc1a4746..7bc2e08115831e0ea7c4615935577dd344d78230 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -2026,8 +2026,6 @@ extern void sk_init(void);
 
 void __init sock_init(void)
 {
-	int i;
-
 	/*
 	 *	Initialize sock SLAB cache.
 	 */