diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/AVX/PacketMath.h b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/AVX/PacketMath.h
index b27d0d794..cdf0fdfb0 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/AVX/PacketMath.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/AVX/PacketMath.h
@@ -1441,7 +1441,6 @@ EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f Bf16ToF32(const Packet8bf& a) {
 
 // Convert float to bfloat16 according to round-to-nearest-even/denormals algorithm.
 EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf F32ToBf16(const Packet8f& a) {
-  Packet8bf r;
 
   __m256i input = _mm256_castps_si256(a);