diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index be0ae6de98db..4f6582ef7ee3 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -560,7 +560,6 @@ out:
 ssize_t f2fs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
-	nid_t xnid = F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid;
 	struct f2fs_xattr_entry *entry;
 	void *base_addr, *last_base_addr;
 	int error = 0;