1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c
index b33d04250bbc..12d58a7ed6bc 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/st.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c
@@ -2859,11 +2859,8 @@ static int st_int_ioctl(struct scsi_tape *STp, unsigned int cmd_in, unsigned lon
                         ioctl_result = st_int_ioctl(STp, MTBSF, 1);
 
                 if (cmd_in == MTSETBLK || cmd_in == SET_DENS_AND_BLK) {
-                        int old_block_size = STp->block_size;
                         STp->block_size = arg & MT_ST_BLKSIZE_MASK;
                         if (STp->block_size != 0) {
-                                if (old_block_size == 0)
-                                        normalize_buffer(STp->buffer);
                                 (STp->buffer)->buffer_blocks =
                                     (STp->buffer)->buffer_size / STp->block_size;
                         }