diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 69d925f1e5dae293cd20405e6ceb88b8c8a8c60e..bb37739f573143db60bce5f6aca2e52459d21a65 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1494,7 +1494,6 @@ int proc_do_large_bitmap(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			 void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int err = 0;
-	bool first = 1;
 	size_t left = *lenp;
 	unsigned long bitmap_len = table->maxlen;
 	unsigned long *bitmap = *(unsigned long **) table->data;
@@ -1579,12 +1578,12 @@ int proc_do_large_bitmap(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			}
 
 			bitmap_set(tmp_bitmap, val_a, val_b - val_a + 1);
-			first = 0;
 			proc_skip_char(&p, &left, '\n');
 		}
 		left += skipped;
 	} else {
 		unsigned long bit_a, bit_b = 0;
+		bool first = 1;
 
 		while (left) {
 			bit_a = find_next_bit(bitmap, bitmap_len, bit_b);