diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/r600/evergreen_compute.c b/src/gallium/drivers/r600/evergreen_compute.c
index ea77f5eb89e..ffdc5c3b454 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/r600/evergreen_compute.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/r600/evergreen_compute.c
@@ -392,7 +392,6 @@ static void compute_emit_cs(struct r600_context *ctx, const uint *block_layout,
 		const uint *grid_layout)
 {
 	struct radeon_winsys_cs *cs = ctx->b.rings.gfx.cs;
-	unsigned flush_flags = 0;
 	int i;
 
 	/* make sure that the gfx ring is only one active */