diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 7bb713a46fe4..75e05f3a730f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4464,7 +4464,6 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct ext4_group_desc *gdp;
-	unsigned long freed = 0;
 	unsigned int overflow;
 	ext4_grpblk_t bit;
 	struct buffer_head *gd_bh;
@@ -4672,8 +4671,6 @@ do_more:
 
 	ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);
 
-	freed += count;
-
 	if (!(flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NO_QUOT_UPDATE))
 		dquot_free_block(inode, EXT4_C2B(sbi, count_clusters));