diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 913f5af9bf24..0ebb6e684908 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -1437,7 +1437,6 @@ static int reiserfs_remount(struct super_block *s, int *mount_flags, char *arg)
 	unsigned long safe_mask = 0;
 	unsigned int commit_max_age = (unsigned int)-1;
 	struct reiserfs_journal *journal = SB_JOURNAL(s);
-	char *new_opts;
 	int err;
 	char *qf_names[REISERFS_MAXQUOTAS];
 	unsigned int qfmt = 0;
@@ -1445,10 +1444,6 @@ static int reiserfs_remount(struct super_block *s, int *mount_flags, char *arg)
 	int i;
 #endif
 
-	new_opts = kstrdup(arg, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (arg && !new_opts)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	sync_filesystem(s);
 	reiserfs_write_lock(s);
 
@@ -1599,7 +1594,6 @@ out_ok_unlocked:
 out_err_unlock:
 	reiserfs_write_unlock(s);
 out_err:
-	kfree(new_opts);
 	return err;
 }