diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index d91cbd53d3ca..1157a068c253 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2363,7 +2363,6 @@ static int io_sqe_files_scm(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	left = ctx->nr_user_files;
 	while (left) {
 		unsigned this_files = min_t(unsigned, left, SCM_MAX_FD);
-		int ret;
 
 		ret = __io_sqe_files_scm(ctx, this_files, total);
 		if (ret)