diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 85f6e242b6b451..c453b825a57f1c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -2166,7 +2166,7 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, arch_freq_scale) = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
 
 void arch_scale_freq_tick(void)
 {
-	u64 freq_scale = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
+	u64 freq_scale;
 	u64 aperf, mperf;
 	u64 acnt, mcnt;