diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c
index e1cd6062776c1c3441e3aa6fc5602e0d151ffd6c..aee73fafccc834d5922baf4f5322bfede654464b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c
@@ -10119,7 +10119,6 @@ static void aic7xxx_buildscb(struct aic7xxx_host *p, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
   struct aic_dev_data *aic_dev = cmd->device->hostdata;
   struct scsi_device *sdptr = cmd->device;
   unsigned char tindex = TARGET_INDEX(cmd);
-  struct request *req = cmd->request;
   int use_sg;
 
   mask = (0x01 << tindex);