diff --git a/iocore/net/quic/QUICTLS_boringssl.cc b/iocore/net/quic/QUICTLS_boringssl.cc
index a535e79bccb..c46b5f256af 100644
--- a/iocore/net/quic/QUICTLS_boringssl.cc
+++ b/iocore/net/quic/QUICTLS_boringssl.cc
@@ -60,10 +60,9 @@ int
 QUICTLS::_read_early_data()
 {
   uint8_t early_data[8];
-  size_t early_data_len = 0;
   do {
     ERR_clear_error();
-    early_data_len = SSL_read(this->_ssl, early_data, sizeof(early_data));
+    SSL_read(this->_ssl, early_data, sizeof(early_data));
   } while (SSL_in_early_data(this->_ssl));
 
   return 1;