diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
index 2b09cd522d333d120ad97e1870bb63f12304e81b..81576ee0cfb1d8751c78add8e46512d716ffe66f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
@@ -257,21 +257,20 @@ static inline int __ptep_test_and_clear_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
 static inline void ptep_set_wrprotect(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 				      pte_t *ptep)
 {
-	unsigned long old;
 
-       	if ((pte_val(*ptep) & _PAGE_RW) == 0)
-       		return;
-	old = pte_update(mm, addr, ptep, _PAGE_RW, 0);
+	if ((pte_val(*ptep) & _PAGE_RW) == 0)
+		return;
+
+	pte_update(mm, addr, ptep, _PAGE_RW, 0);
 }
 
 static inline void huge_ptep_set_wrprotect(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					   unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
-	unsigned long old;
-
 	if ((pte_val(*ptep) & _PAGE_RW) == 0)
 		return;
-	old = pte_update(mm, addr, ptep, _PAGE_RW, 1);
+
+	pte_update(mm, addr, ptep, _PAGE_RW, 1);
 }
 
 /*