diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
index 1ab1f5cda4ac..da68e2f86622 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
@@ -1862,7 +1862,6 @@ static const struct vfio_device_ops vfio_pci_ops = {
 
 static int vfio_pci_reflck_attach(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev);
 static void vfio_pci_reflck_put(struct vfio_pci_reflck *reflck);
-static struct pci_driver vfio_pci_driver;
 
 static int vfio_pci_bus_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 				 unsigned long action, void *data)