diff --git a/net/rxrpc/ar-connevent.c b/net/rxrpc/ar-connevent.c
index 0505cdc4d6d..e7ed43a54c4 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/ar-connevent.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/ar-connevent.c
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ void rxrpc_process_connection(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct rxrpc_connection *conn =
 		container_of(work, struct rxrpc_connection, processor);
-	struct rxrpc_skb_priv *sp;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	u32 abort_code = RX_PROTOCOL_ERROR;
 	int ret;
@@ -276,8 +275,6 @@ void rxrpc_process_connection(struct work_struct *work)
 	/* go through the conn-level event packets, releasing the ref on this
 	 * connection that each one has when we've finished with it */
 	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&conn->rx_queue))) {
-		sp = rxrpc_skb(skb);
-
 		ret = rxrpc_process_event(conn, skb, &abort_code);
 		switch (ret) {
 		case -EPROTO: