diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c
index 8f2f1057370c..3d0bdb87a653 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ iscsi_iser_recv(struct iscsi_conn *conn, struct iscsi_hdr *hdr,
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 	int datalen;
-	int ahslen;
 
 	/* verify PDU length */
 	datalen = ntoh24(hdr->dlength);
@@ -141,9 +140,6 @@ iscsi_iser_recv(struct iscsi_conn *conn, struct iscsi_hdr *hdr,
 		iser_dbg("aligned datalen (%d) hdr, %d (IB)\n",
 			datalen, rx_data_len);
 
-	/* read AHS */
-	ahslen = hdr->hlength * 4;
-
 	rc = iscsi_complete_pdu(conn, hdr, rx_data, rx_data_len);
 	if (rc && rc != ISCSI_ERR_NO_SCSI_CMD)
 		goto error;