diff --git a/cmd/zfs.c b/cmd/zfs.c
index 153313063562815e721f5dee1abbd0702a1cd1ed..9c237a5758d430e15f7d808de6851e2e5c7697c6 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs.c
+++ b/cmd/zfs.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ static int do_zfs_load(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[]
 	ulong addr = 0;
 	disk_partition_t info;
 	struct blk_desc *dev_desc;
-	char buf[12];
 	unsigned long count;
 	const char *addr_str;
 	struct zfs_file zfile;