diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index 36cb66022a27..b457db034cc9 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ rpcauth_unwrap_resp(struct rpc_task *task, kxdrproc_t decode, void *rqstp,
 int
 rpcauth_refreshcred(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
-	struct rpc_cred	*cred = task->tk_rqstp->rq_cred;
+	struct rpc_cred	*cred;
 	int err;
 
 	cred = task->tk_rqstp->rq_cred;