diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_iext_tree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_iext_tree.c
index c28a24aca9c5a0480d2cd0d44ed0d35f294fccf2..11b95bea23a969161736dc0b0e78eeff11de3ff0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_iext_tree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_iext_tree.c
@@ -751,7 +751,6 @@ xfs_iext_remove_node(
 
 		node = xfs_iext_rebalance_node(parent, &pos, node, nr_entries);
 		if (node) {
-			offset = node->keys[0];
 			victim = node;
 			node = parent;
 			goto again;