diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c b/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
index 92140050fb6c2..c6599c514acf6 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ int ntfs_security_init(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi)
 	struct ATTRIB *attr;
 	struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY *le;
 	u64 sds_size;
-	size_t cnt, off;
+	size_t off;
 	struct NTFS_DE *ne;
 	struct NTFS_DE_SII *sii_e;
 	struct ntfs_fnd *fnd_sii = NULL;
@@ -1946,7 +1946,6 @@ int ntfs_security_init(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi)
 	sbi->security.next_off =
 		Quad2Align(sds_size - SecurityDescriptorsBlockSize);
 
-	cnt = 0;
 	off = 0;
 	ne = NULL;
 
@@ -1964,8 +1963,6 @@ int ntfs_security_init(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi)
 		next_id = le32_to_cpu(sii_e->sec_id) + 1;
 		if (next_id >= sbi->security.next_id)
 			sbi->security.next_id = next_id;
-
-		cnt += 1;
 	}
 
 	sbi->security.ni = ni;