diff --git a/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c b/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
index 20e7af552ce4..2c21d85de78f 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ struct linux_prom_translation {
 /* Exported for kernel TLB miss handling in ktlb.S */
 struct linux_prom_translation prom_trans[512] __read_mostly;
 unsigned int prom_trans_ents __read_mostly;
-unsigned int swapper_pgd_zero __read_mostly;
 
 extern unsigned long prom_boot_page;
 extern void prom_remap(unsigned long physpage, unsigned long virtpage, int mmu_ihandle);
@@ -1088,8 +1087,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	pud_set(pud_offset(&swapper_pg_dir[0], 0),
 		swapper_low_pmd_dir + (shift / sizeof(pgd_t)));
 	
-	swapper_pgd_zero = pgd_val(swapper_pg_dir[0]);
-	
 	inherit_prom_mappings();
 	
 	/* Ok, we can use our TLB miss and window trap handlers safely.  */