diff --git a/sys/dev/nvd/nvd.c b/sys/dev/nvd/nvd.c
index 9cc63fdaad56..a9c623fe9172 100644
--- a/sys/dev/nvd/nvd.c
+++ b/sys/dev/nvd/nvd.c
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ nvd_dump(void *arg, void *virt, vm_offset_t phys, off_t offset, size_t len)
 {
 	struct nvd_disk *ndisk;
 	struct disk *dp;
-	int error;
 
 	dp = arg;
 	ndisk = dp->d_drv1;