diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c
index 42d8de892bfe..6aa73972d478 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 
 #include "mlx4.h"
 
-static const u8 zero_gid[16];	/* automatically initialized to 0 */
-
 int mlx4_get_mgm_entry_size(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 {
 	return 1 << dev->oper_log_mgm_entry_size;