diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 2a19322..cb43e98 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@
 };
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct svm_cpu_data *, svm_data);
-static uint32_t svm_features;
 
 struct svm_init_data {
 	int cpu;
@@ -802,8 +801,6 @@
 			goto err;
 	}
 
-	svm_features = cpuid_edx(SVM_CPUID_FUNC);
-
 	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NPT))
 		npt_enabled = false;