diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index 02e0b79753e7068e9b4bb896f8b1f0ddfe972ef2..a1909066bde663d798932ace0f0c71e2002adfe8 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ void __jbd2_log_wait_for_space(journal_t *journal)
 			return;
 		}
 		spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-		nblocks = jbd2_space_needed(journal);
 		space_left = jbd2_log_space_left(journal);
 		if (space_left < nblocks) {
 			int chkpt = journal->j_checkpoint_transactions != NULL;