diff --git a/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go b/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go
index 16ff2bdecd6..aa6d3a9be73 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ func (plugin *rbdPlugin) NewBlockVolumeMapper(spec *volume.Spec, pod *v1.Pod, _
 		uid = pod.UID
 	}
 	secret := ""
-	// var err error
 	if pod != nil {
 		secretName, secretNs, err := getSecretNameAndNamespace(spec, pod.Namespace)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -862,7 +861,6 @@ func (rbd *rbdDiskMapper) SetUpDevice() (string, error) {
 }
 
 func (rbd *rbd) rbdGlobalMapPath(spec *volume.Spec) (string, error) {
-	var err error
 	mon, err := getVolumeSourceMonitors(spec)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err