diff --git a/grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c b/grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c
index b21ac3285..ee3cc0a36 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c
+++ b/grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c
@@ -1045,7 +1045,6 @@ grub_util_get_dm_node_linear_info (const char *dev,
   void *next = NULL;
   uint64_t length, start;
   char *target, *params;
-  const char *node_name;
   char *ptr;
   int major, minor;