diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 03e0b34c4a64c..f076a6f3558da 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -2678,7 +2678,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_generic_pg_check_range);
 void
 pnfs_generic_pg_init_read(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct nfs_page *req)
 {
-	u64 rd_size = req->wb_bytes;
+	u64 rd_size;
 
 	pnfs_generic_pg_check_layout(pgio);
 	pnfs_generic_pg_check_range(pgio, req);