diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 5142c054b03c..c916c4c8801c 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2518,7 +2518,7 @@ static int hva_to_pfn_slow(unsigned long addr, bool *async, bool write_fault,
 {
 	unsigned int flags = FOLL_HWPOISON;
 	struct page *page;
-	int npages = 0;
+	int npages;
 
 	might_sleep();