diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 49d5093..b374555 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1534,7 +1534,6 @@
 {
 	int i;
 	unsigned char max_level = 0;
-	int unix_sock_count = 0;
 
 	if (too_many_unix_fds(current))
 		return -ETOOMANYREFS;
@@ -1542,11 +1541,9 @@
 	for (i = scm->fp->count - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		struct sock *sk = unix_get_socket(scm->fp->fp[i]);
 
-		if (sk) {
-			unix_sock_count++;
+		if (sk)
 			max_level = max(max_level,
 					unix_sk(sk)->recursion_level);
-		}
 	}
 	if (unlikely(max_level > MAX_RECURSION_LEVEL))
 		return -ETOOMANYREFS;