diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
index 9a2a79a871ba..3b570018705c 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(bufsiz, "data bytes in biggest supported SPI message");
 static ssize_t
 spidev_sync(struct spidev_data *spidev, struct spi_message *message)
 {
-	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
 	int status;
 	struct spi_device *spi;