diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 4f0788232f2f..06faa608e562 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -3808,7 +3808,6 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_find(struct inode *inode,
 	u16 blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
 	int low_bucket = 0, bucket, high_bucket;
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *search;
-	u32 last_hash;
 	u64 blkno, lower_blkno = 0;
 
 	search = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_new(inode);
@@ -3852,8 +3851,6 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_find(struct inode *inode,
 		if (xh->xh_count)
 			xe = &xh->xh_entries[le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count) - 1];
 
-		last_hash = le32_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_hash);
-
 		/* record lower_blkno which may be the insert place. */
 		lower_blkno = blkno;