diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug.c
index 1044498..e1743be 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 		 char *buffer, int buffer_size)
 {
 	struct pci_dev *pdev;
-	char *scratch;
 	int i = 0;
 	int length = 0;
 
@@ -18,9 +17,6 @@
 	if (!pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	scratch = buffer;
-
-
 	if (add_hotplug_env_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
 				buffer, buffer_size, &length,
 				"PCI_CLASS=%04X", pdev->class))