diff --git a/ompi/mca/osc/rdma/osc_rdma_active_target.c b/ompi/mca/osc/rdma/osc_rdma_active_target.c
index 74abc7bd51..8d40e32dcd 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/osc/rdma/osc_rdma_active_target.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/osc/rdma/osc_rdma_active_target.c
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ ompi_osc_rdma_start(ompi_group_t *group,
 {
     ompi_osc_rdma_module_t *module = GET_MODULE(win);
     ompi_osc_rdma_pending_post_t *pending_post, *next;
-    ompi_osc_rdma_peer_t *peer;
     int group_size;
     int *ranks;