diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 4601b46a2943..fc4f337ac5cb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -2189,8 +2189,6 @@ static inline int tcp_dupack_heuristics(const struct tcp_sock *tp)
 static bool tcp_time_to_recover(struct sock *sk, int flag)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
-	__u32 packets_out;
-	int tcp_reordering = sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_reordering;
 
 	/* Trick#1: The loss is proven. */
 	if (tp->lost_out)