diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
index 6593d4cad26a..23be00afaa6f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
@@ -1540,14 +1540,13 @@ int bnxt_re_post_srq_recv(struct ib_srq *ib_srq, struct ib_recv_wr *wr,
 					       ib_srq);
 	struct bnxt_qplib_swqe wqe;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int rc = 0, payload_sz = 0;
+	int rc = 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&srq->lock, flags);
 	while (wr) {
 		/* Transcribe each ib_recv_wr to qplib_swqe */
 		wqe.num_sge = wr->num_sge;
-		payload_sz = bnxt_re_build_sgl(wr->sg_list, wqe.sg_list,
-					       wr->num_sge);
+		bnxt_re_build_sgl(wr->sg_list, wqe.sg_list, wr->num_sge);
 		wqe.wr_id = wr->wr_id;
 		wqe.type = BNXT_QPLIB_SWQE_TYPE_RECV;