diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index c3e76a5de6615..299d27d04b2b7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2025,7 +2025,6 @@ int ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 					+ ext4_ext_get_actual_len(newext));
 			if (unwritten)
 				ext4_ext_mark_unwritten(ex);
-			eh = path[depth].p_hdr;
 			nearex = ex;
 			goto merge;
 		}
@@ -2054,7 +2053,6 @@ int ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 					+ ext4_ext_get_actual_len(newext));
 			if (unwritten)
 				ext4_ext_mark_unwritten(ex);
-			eh = path[depth].p_hdr;
 			nearex = ex;
 			goto merge;
 		}