diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/utils.c b/fs/vboxsf/utils.c
index 72ac9320e6a3..9515bbf0b54c 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/utils.c
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/utils.c
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ int vboxsf_nlscpy(struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi, char *name, size_t name_bound_len,
 {
 	const char *in;
 	char *out;
-	size_t out_len;
 	size_t out_bound_len;
 	size_t in_bound_len;
 
@@ -448,7 +447,6 @@ int vboxsf_nlscpy(struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi, char *name, size_t name_bound_len,
 	in_bound_len = utf8_len;
 
 	out = name;
-	out_len = 0;
 	/* Reserve space for terminating 0 */
 	out_bound_len = name_bound_len - 1;
 
@@ -469,7 +467,6 @@ int vboxsf_nlscpy(struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi, char *name, size_t name_bound_len,
 
 		out += nb;
 		out_bound_len -= nb;
-		out_len += nb;
 	}
 
 	*out = 0;