diff --git a/lib/decompress_unlzo.c b/lib/decompress_unlzo.c
index 1f439a622076..64c1358500ce 100644
--- a/lib/decompress_unlzo.c
+++ b/lib/decompress_unlzo.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ STATIC inline long INIT parse_header(u8 *input, long *skip, long in_len)
 	int l;
 	u8 *parse = input;
 	u8 *end = input + in_len;
-	u8 level = 0;
 	u16 version;
 
 	/*
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ STATIC inline long INIT parse_header(u8 *input, long *skip, long in_len)
 	version = get_unaligned_be16(parse);
 	parse += 7;
 	if (version >= 0x0940)
-		level = *parse++;
+		parse++;
 	if (get_unaligned_be32(parse) & HEADER_HAS_FILTER)
 		parse += 8; /* flags + filter info */
 	else