diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index da14658da310..2f97c12ca75e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1258,8 +1258,6 @@ xfs_buf_ioapply_map(
 	int		size;
 	int		offset;
 
-	total_nr_pages = bp->b_page_count;
-
 	/* skip the pages in the buffer before the start offset */
 	page_index = 0;
 	offset = *buf_offset;