diff --git a/storage/maria/ma_key_recover.c b/storage/maria/ma_key_recover.c
index 610810756f2..549913ac918 100644
--- a/storage/maria/ma_key_recover.c
+++ b/storage/maria/ma_key_recover.c
@@ -933,8 +933,6 @@ err:
      @retval 1      Error
 */
 
-long my_counter= 0;
-
 uint _ma_apply_redo_index(MARIA_HA *info,
                           LSN lsn, const uchar *header, uint head_length)
 {