diff --git a/sql/slave.cc b/sql/slave.cc
index 9ba0788a5e4..a6264dfb0ac 100644
--- a/sql/slave.cc
+++ b/sql/slave.cc
@@ -465,8 +465,6 @@ terminate_slave_thread(THD *thd,
                        volatile uint *slave_running,
                        bool skip_lock)
 {
-  int error;
-
   DBUG_ENTER("terminate_slave_thread");
   if (!skip_lock)
   {