diff --git a/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c b/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
index 23f49a2f4d14..144a84f429ed 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
@@ -644,7 +644,6 @@ static void hmat_register_target_initiators(struct memory_target *target)
 	/* Access 1 ignores Generic Initiators */
 	bitmap_zero(p_nodes, MAX_NUMNODES);
 	list_sort(p_nodes, &initiators, initiator_cmp);
-	best = 0;
 	for (i = WRITE_LATENCY; i <= READ_BANDWIDTH; i++) {
 		loc = localities_types[i];
 		if (!loc)