diff --git a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
index 8b3a9c0e771d..c71acd7f9a13 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
@@ -1362,11 +1362,9 @@ static void kvm_release_vm_pages(struct kvm *kvm)
 	struct kvm_memslots *slots;
 	struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot;
 	int j;
-	unsigned long base_gfn;
 
 	slots = kvm_memslots(kvm);
 	kvm_for_each_memslot(memslot, slots) {
-		base_gfn = memslot->base_gfn;
 		for (j = 0; j < memslot->npages; j++) {
 			if (memslot->rmap[j])
 				put_page((struct page *)memslot->rmap[j]);