diff --git a/arch/m68k/sun3/config.c b/arch/m68k/sun3/config.c
index 4550cf25b6f0..6e24920e4195 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/sun3/config.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/sun3/config.c
@@ -109,13 +109,10 @@ static void sun3_halt (void)
 static void __init sun3_bootmem_alloc(unsigned long memory_start,
 				      unsigned long memory_end)
 {
-	unsigned long start_page;
-
 	/* align start/end to page boundaries */
 	memory_start = ((memory_start + (PAGE_SIZE-1)) & PAGE_MASK);
 	memory_end = memory_end & PAGE_MASK;
 
-	start_page = __pa(memory_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	max_pfn = num_pages = __pa(memory_end) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	high_memory = (void *)memory_end;