diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 4ab6f76e63d0..92b83b004dd8 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -860,14 +860,10 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext3_find_entry (struct dentry *dentry,
 	int nblocks, i, err;
 	struct inode *dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
 	int namelen;
-	const u8 *name;
-	unsigned blocksize;
 
 	*res_dir = NULL;
 	sb = dir->i_sb;
-	blocksize = sb->s_blocksize;
 	namelen = dentry->d_name.len;
-	name = dentry->d_name.name;
 	if (namelen > EXT3_NAME_LEN)
 		return NULL;
 	if (is_dx(dir)) {