diff --git a/src/app-layer-dns-tcp.c b/src/app-layer-dns-tcp.c
index 6fbb4fc8cc..0e7626a65a 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-dns-tcp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-dns-tcp.c
@@ -404,8 +404,7 @@ static int DNSReponseParseData(Flow *f, DNSState *dns_state, const uint8_t *inpu
                 goto insufficient_data;
             }
 
-            length = *data;
-            SCLogDebug("length %u", length);
+            SCLogDebug("length %u", *data);
         }
         if (fqdn_offset) {
             fqdn_offset--;
diff --git a/src/app-layer-dns-udp.c b/src/app-layer-dns-udp.c
index 4acd168f98..6202bda46b 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-dns-udp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-dns-udp.c
@@ -233,8 +233,7 @@ static int DNSUDPResponseParse(Flow *f, void *dstate,
                 goto insufficient_data;
             }
 
-            length = *data;
-            SCLogDebug("length %u", length);
+            SCLogDebug("length %u", *data);
         }
         if (fqdn_offset) {
             fqdn_offset--;