diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_vli.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_vli.h
index 1ee81e3c215245c4ebf3b98740240bfe6dfdfa2f..941c511cc4da3642ce2d77ae071ccc8f212b1040 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_vli.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_vli.h
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static inline int bitstream_get_bits(struct bitstream *bs, u64 *out, int bits)
  */
 static inline int vli_encode_bits(struct bitstream *bs, u64 in)
 {
-	u64 code = code;
+	u64 code;
 	int bits = __vli_encode_bits(&code, in);
 
 	if (bits <= 0)