diff --git a/block/badblocks.c b/block/badblocks.c
index d39056630d9c..3afb550c0f7b 100644
--- a/block/badblocks.c
+++ b/block/badblocks.c
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ int badblocks_check(struct badblocks *bb, sector_t s, int sectors,
 		s >>= bb->shift;
 		target += (1<<bb->shift) - 1;
 		target >>= bb->shift;
-		sectors = target - s;
 	}
 	/* 'target' is now the first block after the bad range */
 
@@ -345,7 +344,6 @@ int badblocks_clear(struct badblocks *bb, sector_t s, int sectors)
 		s += (1<<bb->shift) - 1;
 		s >>= bb->shift;
 		target >>= bb->shift;
-		sectors = target - s;
 	}
 
 	write_seqlock_irq(&bb->lock);