diff --git a/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/i2c.c b/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/i2c.c
index 35b32fb90906..a86b5edfc7ce 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/i2c.c
@@ -315,10 +315,8 @@ static int st21nfca_hci_i2c_repack(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		skb_pull(skb, 1);
 
 		r = check_crc(skb->data, skb->len);
-		if (r != 0) {
-			i = 0;
+		if (r != 0)
 			return -EBADMSG;
-		}
 
 		/* remove headbyte */
 		skb_pull(skb, 1);