diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
index d572d4559e4e..0cdc48f9cfbf 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
@@ -420,7 +420,6 @@ int pblk_submit_read_gc(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_gc_rq *gc_rq)
 	struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev = pblk->dev;
 	struct nvm_geo *geo = &dev->geo;
 	struct nvm_rq rqd;
-	int data_len;
 	int ret = NVM_IO_OK;
 
 	memset(&rqd, 0, sizeof(struct nvm_rq));
@@ -445,7 +444,6 @@ int pblk_submit_read_gc(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_gc_rq *gc_rq)
 	if (!(gc_rq->secs_to_gc))
 		goto out;
 
-	data_len = (gc_rq->secs_to_gc) * geo->csecs;
 	rqd.opcode = NVM_OP_PREAD;
 	rqd.nr_ppas = gc_rq->secs_to_gc;
 
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
index d5e210c3c5b7..299ef47a17b2 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int pblk_recov_scan_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 	__le64 *lba_list;
 	u64 paddr = pblk_line_smeta_start(pblk, line) + lm->smeta_sec;
 	bool padded = false;
-	int rq_ppas, rq_len;
+	int rq_ppas;
 	int i, j;
 	int ret;
 	u64 left_ppas = pblk_sec_in_open_line(pblk, line) - lm->smeta_sec;
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ next_rq:
 	rq_ppas = pblk_calc_secs(pblk, left_ppas, 0, false);
 	if (!rq_ppas)
 		rq_ppas = pblk->min_write_pgs;
-	rq_len = rq_ppas * geo->csecs;
 
 retry_rq:
 	rqd->bio = NULL;