diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c
index 929ceaf363bea7df2b8e51a4d114bcb1acaa5ff8..15e1b05ca92d2c835bcd3b16bb7f94ee5b1daab8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ wl_iw_extra_params_t g_wl_iw_params;
 extern bool wl_iw_conn_status_str(u32 event_type, u32 status,
 				  u32 reason, char *stringBuf, uint buflen);
 
-uint wl_msg_level = WL_ERROR_VAL;
-
 #define MAX_WLIW_IOCTL_LEN 1024
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT