diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
index 0931eaa75768..66ada01c796c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -3253,7 +3253,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_thread_start);
 int vb2_thread_stop(struct vb2_queue *q)
 {
 	struct vb2_threadio_data *threadio = q->threadio;
-	struct vb2_fileio_data *fileio = q->fileio;
 	int err;
 
 	if (threadio == NULL)