diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c
index 0c19ac2bc3bf..0bae0a0a4cbe 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c
@@ -1300,7 +1300,6 @@ static int rtllib_rx_InfraAdhoc(struct rtllib_device *ieee, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct rx_ts_record *pTS = NULL;
 	u16 fc, sc, SeqNum = 0;
 	u8 type, stype, multicast = 0, unicast = 0, nr_subframes = 0, TID = 0;
-	u8 *payload;
 	u8 dst[ETH_ALEN];
 	u8 src[ETH_ALEN];
 	u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN] = {0};
@@ -1412,7 +1411,6 @@ static int rtllib_rx_InfraAdhoc(struct rtllib_device *ieee, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* Parse rx data frame (For AMSDU) */
 	/* skb: hdr + (possible reassembled) full plaintext payload */
-	payload = skb->data + hdrlen;
 	rxb = kmalloc(sizeof(struct rtllib_rxb), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!rxb)
 		goto rx_dropped;