diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index ad459e4e8071..81caceb96c3c 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ static int blk_mq_hctx_next_cpu(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 		return WORK_CPU_UNBOUND;
 
 	if (--hctx->next_cpu_batch <= 0) {
-		int cpu = hctx->next_cpu, next_cpu;
+		int next_cpu;
 
 		next_cpu = cpumask_next(hctx->next_cpu, hctx->cpumask);
 		if (next_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
@@ -903,8 +903,6 @@ static int blk_mq_hctx_next_cpu(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 
 		hctx->next_cpu = next_cpu;
 		hctx->next_cpu_batch = BLK_MQ_CPU_WORK_BATCH;
-
-		return cpu;
 	}
 
 	return hctx->next_cpu;