diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 0ab39fedd2dc..9ff8ab9a1549 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3830,7 +3830,7 @@ static int inet6_dump_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 {
 	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
 	int h, s_h;
-	int idx = 0, err, s_idx;
+	int idx = 0, s_idx;
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct inet6_dev *idev;
 	struct hlist_head *head;