diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index bae7440abc01..77032801e30b 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -4923,7 +4923,6 @@ static void qeth_qdio_establish_cq(struct qeth_card *card,
 	if (card->options.cq == QETH_CQ_ENABLED) {
 		int offset = QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q *
 			     (card->qdio.no_in_queues - 1);
-		i = QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q * (card->qdio.no_in_queues - 1);
 		for (i = 0; i < QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q; ++i) {
 			in_sbal_ptrs[offset + i] = (struct qdio_buffer *)
 				virt_to_phys(card->qdio.c_q->bufs[i].buffer);