diff --git a/module/zfs/dsl_dataset.c b/module/zfs/dsl_dataset.c
index 4da4effca..dcb9ad6cc 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dsl_dataset.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dsl_dataset.c
@@ -1698,7 +1698,6 @@ dsl_dataset_snapshot_sync_impl(dsl_dataset_t *ds, const char *snapname,
 	dsl_dataset_phys_t *dsphys;
 	uint64_t dsobj, crtxg;
 	objset_t *mos = dp->dp_meta_objset;
-	static zil_header_t zero_zil __maybe_unused;
 	objset_t *os __maybe_unused;
 
 	ASSERT(RRW_WRITE_HELD(&dp->dp_config_rwlock));