diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 4852475521ea..3b0cd4249671 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 static unsigned int __blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request_queue *q,
 					     struct bio *bio)
 {
-	unsigned int phys_size;
 	struct bio_vec *bv, *bvprv = NULL;
 	int cluster, i, high, highprv = 1;
 	unsigned int seg_size, nr_phys_segs;
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ static unsigned int __blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request_queue *q,
 	fbio = bio;
 	cluster = test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, &q->queue_flags);
 	seg_size = 0;
-	phys_size = nr_phys_segs = 0;
+	nr_phys_segs = 0;
 	for_each_bio(bio) {
 		bio_for_each_segment(bv, bio, i) {
 			/*