diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 784426dee56c..bdef72c0f099 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -3636,7 +3636,7 @@ static void ocfs2_dx_dir_transfer_leaf(struct inode *dir, u32 split_hash,
 	int i, j, num_used;
 	u32 major_hash;
 	struct ocfs2_dx_leaf *orig_dx_leaf, *new_dx_leaf;
-	struct ocfs2_dx_entry_list *orig_list, *new_list, *tmp_list;
+	struct ocfs2_dx_entry_list *orig_list, *tmp_list;
 	struct ocfs2_dx_entry *dx_entry;
 
 	tmp_list = &tmp_dx_leaf->dl_list;
@@ -3645,7 +3645,6 @@ static void ocfs2_dx_dir_transfer_leaf(struct inode *dir, u32 split_hash,
 		orig_dx_leaf = (struct ocfs2_dx_leaf *) orig_dx_leaves[i]->b_data;
 		orig_list = &orig_dx_leaf->dl_list;
 		new_dx_leaf = (struct ocfs2_dx_leaf *) new_dx_leaves[i]->b_data;
-		new_list = &new_dx_leaf->dl_list;
 
 		num_used = le16_to_cpu(orig_list->de_num_used);