diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus_core.c b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus_core.c
index edfb92e41735df7f713a2283a12a299e764423ca..196ffafafd88ff3cebf37de7bae8d37494d2dc34 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus_core.c
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ struct pmbus_data {
 	 * A single status register covers multiple attributes,
 	 * so we keep them all together.
 	 */
-	u8 status_bits;
 	u8 status[PB_NUM_STATUS_REG];
 
 	u8 currpage;