diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
index 7d6a3bf64950..353af8f995b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
@@ -2666,8 +2666,7 @@ static void rs_rate_scale_perform(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 
 out:
 	tbl->current_rate = rate_n_flags_from_tbl(priv, tbl, index, is_green);
-	i = index;
-	lq_sta->last_txrate_idx = i;
+	lq_sta->last_txrate_idx = index;
 }
 
 /**