diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 2ababb89918d..cb36c6746fc4 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -1830,7 +1830,6 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, pfn_t *pfnp,
 	vm_fault_t ret = VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 	pgoff_t max_pgoff;
 	void *entry;
-	int error;
 
 	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
 		iter.flags |= IOMAP_WRITE;
@@ -1877,7 +1876,7 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, pfn_t *pfnp,
 	}
 
 	iter.pos = (loff_t)xas.xa_index << PAGE_SHIFT;
-	while ((error = iomap_iter(&iter, ops)) > 0) {
+	while (iomap_iter(&iter, ops) > 0) {
 		if (iomap_length(&iter) < PMD_SIZE)
 			continue; /* actually breaks out of the loop */