diff --git a/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c b/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c
index 4e9f352..5e050ae 100644
--- a/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c
+++ b/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c
@@ -2129,7 +2129,6 @@
 		if(byte != expected)
 			goto restat;
 
-		file_buffer->block = count;
 		file_buffer->error = FALSE;
 		file_buffer->fragment = FALSE;