diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.c b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
index caf563981532..f7e4cbc26eaf 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
@@ -2347,7 +2347,6 @@ int ntfs_truncate(struct inode *vi)
 	ATTR_RECORD *a;
 	const char *te = "  Leaving file length out of sync with i_size.";
 	int err, mp_size, size_change, alloc_change;
-	u32 attr_len;
 
 	ntfs_debug("Entering for inode 0x%lx.", vi->i_ino);
 	BUG_ON(NInoAttr(ni));
@@ -2721,7 +2720,6 @@ int ntfs_truncate(struct inode *vi)
 	 * this cannot fail since we are making the attribute smaller thus by
 	 * definition there is enough space to do so.
 	 */
-	attr_len = le32_to_cpu(a->length);
 	err = ntfs_attr_record_resize(m, a, mp_size +
 			le16_to_cpu(a->data.non_resident.mapping_pairs_offset));
 	BUG_ON(err);