diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 641abfa4b718..d4015e675c24 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -553,7 +553,6 @@ ext2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		if (header == NULL)
 			goto cleanup;
-		end = (char *)header + sb->s_blocksize;
 		header->h_magic = cpu_to_le32(EXT2_XATTR_MAGIC);
 		header->h_blocks = header->h_refcount = cpu_to_le32(1);
 		last = here = ENTRY(header+1);