diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index 2b4898b4752e..bcac5a9043aa 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -113,13 +113,14 @@ static void send_cpu_listeners(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct listener *s, *tmp;
 	struct sk_buff *skb_next, *skb_cur = skb;
 	void *reply = genlmsg_data(genlhdr);
-	int rc, delcount = 0;
+	int delcount = 0;
 
 	genlmsg_end(skb, reply);
 
-	rc = 0;
 	down_read(&listeners->sem);
 	list_for_each_entry(s, &listeners->list, list) {
+		int rc;
+
 		skb_next = NULL;
 		if (!list_is_last(&s->list, &listeners->list)) {
 			skb_next = skb_clone(skb_cur, GFP_KERNEL);