diff --git a/lib/test_blackhole_dev.c b/lib/test_blackhole_dev.c
index 4c40580a99a3..f247089d63c0 100644
--- a/lib/test_blackhole_dev.c
+++ b/lib/test_blackhole_dev.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ static int __init test_blackholedev_init(void)
 {
 	struct ipv6hdr *ip6h;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	struct ethhdr *ethh;
 	struct udphdr *uh;
 	int data_len;
 	int ret;
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ static int __init test_blackholedev_init(void)
 	ip6h->saddr = in6addr_loopback;
 	ip6h->daddr = in6addr_loopback;
 	/* Ether */
-	ethh = (struct ethhdr *)skb_push(skb, sizeof(struct ethhdr));
+	skb_push(skb, sizeof(struct ethhdr));
 	skb_set_mac_header(skb, 0);
 
 	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);