diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index ba8307dc03be73b7ce2bb4f63718ac5cc26e8eb6..9b0cd866fb6bdc7e3243415d392b5f3bbf1b8955 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -6960,7 +6960,6 @@ static void do_intel_finish_page_flip(struct drm_device *dev,
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct intel_crtc *intel_crtc = to_intel_crtc(crtc);
 	struct intel_unpin_work *work;
-	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/* Ignore early vblank irqs */
@@ -6990,8 +6989,6 @@ static void do_intel_finish_page_flip(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->event_lock, flags);
 
-	obj = work->old_fb_obj;
-
 	wake_up_all(&dev_priv->pending_flip_queue);
 
 	queue_work(dev_priv->wq, &work->work);