diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatPBINode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatPBINode.java
index 4bed1976d5d..deb697dc0b3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatPBINode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatPBINode.java
@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@ public final class FSImageFormatPBINode {
     }
 
     private void save(OutputStream out, INodeSymlink n) throws IOException {
-      SaverContext state = parent.getSaverContext();
       INodeSection.INodeSymlink.Builder b = INodeSection.INodeSymlink
           .newBuilder()
           .setPermission(buildPermissionStatus(n))