diff --git a/kernel/work.c b/kernel/work.c
index 34a38860391..9f3161c15bb 100644
--- a/kernel/work.c
+++ b/kernel/work.c
@@ -824,7 +824,6 @@ void k_work_init_delayable(struct k_work_delayable *dwork,
 		},
 	};
 	z_init_timeout(&dwork->timeout);
-	(void)work_timeout;
 }
 
 static inline int work_delayable_busy_get_locked(const struct k_work_delayable *dwork)