diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index e16172f4ba..96503699bc 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-11-30	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* score/src/objectinitializeinformation.c
+	(_Objects_Initialize_information): Remove unused var "name_length".
+
 2011-11-29	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrilL@OARcorp.com>
 
 	PR 1967/cpukit
diff --git a/cpukit/score/src/objectinitializeinformation.c b/cpukit/score/src/objectinitializeinformation.c
index 0498afa51e..01e1f96d46 100644
--- a/cpukit/score/src/objectinitializeinformation.c
+++ b/cpukit/score/src/objectinitializeinformation.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ void _Objects_Initialize_information(
 {
   static Objects_Control *null_local_table = NULL;
   uint32_t                minimum_index;
-  uint32_t                name_length;
   uint32_t                maximum_per_allocation;
   #if defined(RTEMS_MULTIPROCESSING)
     uint32_t              index;