diff --git a/net/unix/garbage.c b/net/unix/garbage.c
index dfe94a90ece402..23efb78fe9ef4b 100644
--- a/net/unix/garbage.c
+++ b/net/unix/garbage.c
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ static void __unix_walk_scc(struct unix_vertex *vertex, unsigned long *last_inde
 	}
 
 	if (vertex->index == vertex->scc_index) {
+		struct unix_vertex *v;
 		struct list_head scc;
 		bool scc_dead = true;
 
@@ -486,15 +487,15 @@ static void __unix_walk_scc(struct unix_vertex *vertex, unsigned long *last_inde
 		 */
 		__list_cut_position(&scc, &vertex_stack, &vertex->scc_entry);
 
-		list_for_each_entry_reverse(vertex, &scc, scc_entry) {
+		list_for_each_entry_reverse(v, &scc, scc_entry) {
 			/* Don't restart DFS from this vertex in unix_walk_scc(). */
-			list_move_tail(&vertex->entry, &unix_visited_vertices);
+			list_move_tail(&v->entry, &unix_visited_vertices);
 
 			/* Mark vertex as off-stack. */
-			vertex->index = unix_vertex_grouped_index;
+			v->index = unix_vertex_grouped_index;
 
 			if (scc_dead)
-				scc_dead = unix_vertex_dead(vertex);
+				scc_dead = unix_vertex_dead(v);
 		}
 
 		if (scc_dead)