diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
index 0cfc19be19..23e2e2fff1 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
@@ -934,7 +934,6 @@ static void check_exception(PowerPCCPU *cpu, SpaprMachineState *spapr,
                             uint32_t nret, target_ulong rets)
 {
     uint32_t mask, buf, len, event_len;
-    uint64_t xinfo;
     SpaprEventLogEntry *event;
     struct rtas_error_log header;
     int i;
@@ -944,13 +943,9 @@ static void check_exception(PowerPCCPU *cpu, SpaprMachineState *spapr,
         return;
     }
 
-    xinfo = rtas_ld(args, 1);
     mask = rtas_ld(args, 2);
     buf = rtas_ld(args, 4);
     len = rtas_ld(args, 5);
-    if (nargs == 7) {
-        xinfo |= (uint64_t)rtas_ld(args, 6) << 32;
-    }
 
     event = rtas_event_log_dequeue(spapr, mask);
     if (!event) {