diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index f42967b738eb677eb55ce9a9c37b5f92ae688463..e5aab265dff197e7c7ed3512e866f2c9515c7c87 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static ssize_t ntfs_prepare_file_for_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *vi = file_inode(file);
-	ntfs_inode *base_ni, *ni = NTFS_I(vi);
+	ntfs_inode *ni = NTFS_I(vi);
 	ntfs_volume *vol = ni->vol;
 
 	ntfs_debug("Entering for i_ino 0x%lx, attribute type 0x%x, pos "
@@ -365,9 +365,6 @@ static ssize_t ntfs_prepare_file_for_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	base_ni = ni;
-	if (NInoAttr(ni))
-		base_ni = ni->ext.base_ntfs_ino;
 	err = file_remove_privs(file);
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/logfile.c b/fs/ntfs/logfile.c
index a0c40f1be7acca928758691a4d8e00f340120748..bc1bf217b38ec704937a5c63121c367cc167b3be 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/logfile.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/logfile.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ bool ntfs_check_logfile(struct inode *log_vi, RESTART_PAGE_HEADER **rp)
 	u8 *kaddr = NULL;
 	RESTART_PAGE_HEADER *rstr1_ph = NULL;
 	RESTART_PAGE_HEADER *rstr2_ph = NULL;
-	int log_page_size, log_page_mask, err;
+	int log_page_size, err;
 	bool logfile_is_empty = true;
 	u8 log_page_bits;
 
@@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ bool ntfs_check_logfile(struct inode *log_vi, RESTART_PAGE_HEADER **rp)
 		log_page_size = DefaultLogPageSize;
 	else
 		log_page_size = PAGE_SIZE;
-	log_page_mask = log_page_size - 1;
 	/*
 	 * Use ntfs_ffs() instead of ffs() to enable the compiler to
 	 * optimize log_page_size and log_page_bits into constants.