diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index dbfd5cbfa46c5da42341d3f95775057085a3657f..7298a4488f7f59cfc68587c4fbc3b1ac6293f9aa 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@ int f2fs_getxattr(struct inode *inode, int index, const char *name,
 	struct f2fs_xattr_entry *entry = NULL;
 	int error = 0;
 	unsigned int size, len;
-	char *pval;
 	void *base_addr = NULL;
 
 	if (name == NULL)
@@ -489,8 +488,6 @@ int f2fs_getxattr(struct inode *inode, int index, const char *name,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	pval = entry->e_name + entry->e_name_len;
-
 	if (buffer) {
 		char *pval = entry->e_name + entry->e_name_len;
 		memcpy(buffer, pval, size);