diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index 7642b6712c39e1812d0f7b23016bfe21142dcb85..308f05be107cab9501703067c3a70bea53b03909 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_find_clear_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				     u32 *numbits,
 				     struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv)
 {
-	int numfound = 0, bitoff, left, startoff, lastzero;
+	int numfound = 0, bitoff, left, startoff;
 	int local_resv = 0;
 	struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation r;
 	void *bitmap = NULL;
@@ -873,7 +873,6 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_find_clear_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	bitmap = OCFS2_LOCAL_ALLOC(alloc)->la_bitmap;
 
 	numfound = bitoff = startoff = 0;
-	lastzero = -1;
 	left = le32_to_cpu(alloc->id1.bitmap1.i_total);
 	while ((bitoff = ocfs2_find_next_zero_bit(bitmap, left, startoff)) != -1) {
 		if (bitoff == left) {