diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index ec482524158e..339752d768d8 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -2542,7 +2542,7 @@ int unpoison_memory(unsigned long pfn)
 	struct folio *folio;
 	struct page *p;
 	int ret = -EBUSY, ghp;
-	unsigned long count = 1;
+	unsigned long count;
 	bool huge = false;
 	static DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(unpoison_rs, DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL,
 					DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST);