diff --git a/common/image-sparse.c b/common/image-sparse.c
index e0d87617c97c39deb0beee2e3411c32d51f04a78..2bf737b46c27b4d3c53bfb83468eecf6e0cd1d30 100644
--- a/common/image-sparse.c
+++ b/common/image-sparse.c
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ int store_sparse_image(sparse_storage_t *storage, void *storage_priv,
 	sparse_buffer_t *buffer;
 	uint32_t start;
 	uint32_t total_blocks = 0;
-	uint32_t skipped = 0;
 	int i;
 
 	debug("=== Storage ===\n");
@@ -337,7 +336,6 @@ int store_sparse_image(sparse_storage_t *storage, void *storage_priv,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FASTBOOT_FLASH_MMC_DEV
 			total_blocks += blkcnt;
 #endif
-			skipped += blkcnt;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -378,8 +376,8 @@ int store_sparse_image(sparse_storage_t *storage, void *storage_priv,
 		sparse_put_data_buffer(buffer);
 	}
 
-	debug("Wrote %d blocks, skipped %d, expected to write %d blocks\n",
-	      total_blocks, skipped,
+	debug("Wrote %d blocks, expected to write %d blocks\n",
+	      total_blocks,
 	      sparse_block_size_to_storage(sparse_header->total_blks,
 					   storage, sparse_header));
 	printf("........ wrote %d blocks to '%s'\n", total_blocks,