diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
index 10d0794d60..1c0cb63a6f 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
@@ -1915,7 +1915,6 @@ static int32_t scsi_disk_emulate_command(SCSIRequest *req, uint8_t *buf)
         r->iov.iov_base = blk_blockalign(s->qdev.conf.blk, r->buflen);
     }
 
-    buflen = req->cmd.xfer;
     outbuf = r->iov.iov_base;
     memset(outbuf, 0, r->buflen);
     switch (req->cmd.buf[0]) {