diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index 05afefcfb61114be2dc420680f51024571048c4a..ff3da960c4736147b2c1348681412953508ac49b 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -1560,11 +1560,8 @@ static bool mmc_blk_rw_cmd_err(struct mmc_blk_data *md, struct mmc_card *card,
 			       struct mmc_blk_request *brq, struct request *req,
 			       bool old_req_pending)
 {
-	struct mmc_queue_req *mq_rq;
 	bool req_pending;
 
-	mq_rq = container_of(brq, struct mmc_queue_req, brq);
-
 	/*
 	 * If this is an SD card and we're writing, we can first
 	 * mark the known good sectors as ok.