diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 43ba4ab1ada7..1f76e9efd771 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -752,7 +752,6 @@ ssize_t elv_iosched_store(struct gendisk *disk, const char *buf,
 ssize_t elv_iosched_show(struct gendisk *disk, char *name)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = disk->queue;
-	struct elevator_queue *eq = q->elevator;
 	struct elevator_type *cur = NULL, *e;
 	int len = 0;
 
@@ -763,7 +762,7 @@ ssize_t elv_iosched_show(struct gendisk *disk, char *name)
 		len += sprintf(name+len, "[none] ");
 	} else {
 		len += sprintf(name+len, "none ");
-		cur = eq->type;
+		cur = q->elevator->type;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock(&elv_list_lock);