diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index 2ae25e48a41a61dd1acf4d488b7972683479287a..329fca1fa61970e07e8016ed5510dda80b1d5552 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -1772,11 +1772,11 @@ static ssize_t ntfs_perform_write(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *i,
 	last_vcn = -1;
 	do {
 		VCN vcn;
-		pgoff_t idx, start_idx;
+		pgoff_t start_idx;
 		unsigned ofs, do_pages, u;
 		size_t copied;
 
-		start_idx = idx = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+		start_idx = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 		ofs = pos & ~PAGE_MASK;
 		bytes = PAGE_SIZE - ofs;
 		do_pages = 1;