diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/mr.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/mr.c
index 7d0c83b5b071..8455f08f5d40 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/mr.c
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ static int map_direct_mr(struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev, struct mlx5_vdpa_direct_mr
 	unsigned long lgcd = 0;
 	int log_entity_size;
 	unsigned long size;
-	u64 start = 0;
 	int err;
 	struct page *pg;
 	unsigned int nsg;
@@ -379,10 +378,9 @@ static int map_direct_mr(struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev, struct mlx5_vdpa_direct_mr
 	struct device *dma = mvdev->vdev.dma_dev;
 
 	for (map = vhost_iotlb_itree_first(iotlb, mr->start, mr->end - 1);
-	     map; map = vhost_iotlb_itree_next(map, start, mr->end - 1)) {
+	     map; map = vhost_iotlb_itree_next(map, mr->start, mr->end - 1)) {
 		size = maplen(map, mr);
 		lgcd = gcd(lgcd, size);
-		start += size;
 	}
 	log_entity_size = ilog2(lgcd);