diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 27f421c8043d..442caae80a98 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ static int mb_find_extent(struct ext4_buddy *e4b, int block,
 	ex->fe_start += next;
 
 	while (needed > ex->fe_len &&
-	       (buddy = mb_find_buddy(e4b, order, &max))) {
+	       mb_find_buddy(e4b, order, &max)) {
 
 		if (block + 1 >= max)
 			break;