diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 01c9e4f743ba..dd9c35113efe 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3924,7 +3924,8 @@ int ext4_punch_hole(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, 
  	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
  	ext4_lblk_t first_block, stop_block;
  	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
-	loff_t first_block_offset, last_block_offset;
+	loff_t first_block_offset, last_block_offset, max_length;
+	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
  	handle_t *handle;
  	unsigned int credits;
  	int ret = 0, ret2 = 0;
@@ -3967,6 +3968,16 @@ int ext4_punch_hole(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, 
  		   offset;
  	}