diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index 55f151fca1dcb785089511105920755fef9397b1..2def5624e1c192572cd4a0cb62ee3347853120d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -740,14 +740,12 @@ static bool i40e_clean_tx_irq(struct i40e_vsi *vsi,
 	tx_ring->q_vector->tx.total_packets += total_packets;
 
 	if (tx_ring->flags & I40E_TXR_FLAGS_WB_ON_ITR) {
-		unsigned int j = 0;
-
 		/* check to see if there are < 4 descriptors
 		 * waiting to be written back, then kick the hardware to force
 		 * them to be written back in case we stay in NAPI.
 		 * In this mode on X722 we do not enable Interrupt.
 		 */
-		j = i40e_get_tx_pending(tx_ring, false);
+		unsigned int j = i40e_get_tx_pending(tx_ring, false);
 
 		if (budget &&
 		    ((j / (WB_STRIDE + 1)) == 0) && (j != 0) &&
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index be99189da925fc5862e9c318489694341a3a68f9..40f224f80817740583c6b997fb32f6e453cb7edc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -259,13 +259,12 @@ static bool i40e_clean_tx_irq(struct i40e_vsi *vsi,
 	tx_ring->q_vector->tx.total_packets += total_packets;
 
 	if (tx_ring->flags & I40E_TXR_FLAGS_WB_ON_ITR) {
-		unsigned int j = 0;
 		/* check to see if there are < 4 descriptors
 		 * waiting to be written back, then kick the hardware to force
 		 * them to be written back in case we stay in NAPI.
 		 * In this mode on X722 we do not enable Interrupt.
 		 */
-		j = i40evf_get_tx_pending(tx_ring, false);
+		unsigned int j = i40evf_get_tx_pending(tx_ring, false);
 
 		if (budget &&
 		    ((j / (WB_STRIDE + 1)) == 0) && (j > 0) &&