diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 8564d8ce03de..91a87f53be3c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7288,7 +7288,6 @@ static int btrfs_get_blocks_direct(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 	    ((BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_NODATACOW) &&
 	     em->block_start != EXTENT_MAP_HOLE)) {
 		int type;
-		int ret;
 		u64 block_start, orig_start, orig_block_len, ram_bytes;
 
 		if (test_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_PREALLOC, &em->flags))