diff --git a/sys/dev/ena/ena_datapath.c b/sys/dev/ena/ena_datapath.c
index 6a7839d4958..d5ecb4ece98 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ena/ena_datapath.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ena/ena_datapath.c
@@ -1100,7 +1100,6 @@ ena_start_xmit(struct ena_ring *tx_ring)
 {
 	struct mbuf *mbuf;
 	struct ena_adapter *adapter = tx_ring->adapter;
-	int ena_qid;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	ENA_RING_MTX_ASSERT(tx_ring);
@@ -1111,8 +1110,6 @@ ena_start_xmit(struct ena_ring *tx_ring)
 	if (unlikely(!ENA_FLAG_ISSET(ENA_FLAG_LINK_UP, adapter)))
 		return;
 
-	ena_qid = ENA_IO_TXQ_IDX(tx_ring->que->id);
-
 	while ((mbuf = drbr_peek(adapter->ifp, tx_ring->br)) != NULL) {
 		ena_log_io(adapter->pdev, DBG,
 		    "\ndequeued mbuf %p with flags %#x and header csum flags %#jx\n",