diff --git a/sys/ofed/drivers/net/mlx4/mcg.c b/sys/ofed/drivers/net/mlx4/mcg.c
index 52c52f80bc1..44b5a966441 100644
--- a/sys/ofed/drivers/net/mlx4/mcg.c
+++ b/sys/ofed/drivers/net/mlx4/mcg.c
@@ -39,9 +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;