diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index cea1b3c2953a..33097ec1c514 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -405,10 +405,8 @@ vmxnet3_tq_cleanup(struct vmxnet3_tx_queue *tq,
 
 	while (tq->tx_ring.next2comp != tq->tx_ring.next2fill) {
 		struct vmxnet3_tx_buf_info *tbi;
-		union Vmxnet3_GenericDesc *gdesc;
 
 		tbi = tq->buf_info + tq->tx_ring.next2comp;
-		gdesc = tq->tx_ring.base + tq->tx_ring.next2comp;
 
 		vmxnet3_unmap_tx_buf(tbi, adapter->pdev);
 		if (tbi->skb) {