diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
index 7c031a30e..85bbca890 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ _nvme_qpair_build_hw_sgl_request(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair, struct nvme_requ
 {
 	int rc;
 	uint64_t phys_addr;
-	uint32_t data_transfered, remaining_transfer_len, length;
+	uint32_t remaining_transfer_len, length;
 	struct spdk_nvme_sgl_descriptor *sgl;
 	uint32_t nseg = 0;
 
@@ -684,11 +684,11 @@ _nvme_qpair_build_hw_sgl_request(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair, struct nvme_requ
 			return -1;
 		}
 
-		data_transfered = nvme_min(remaining_transfer_len, length);
-		remaining_transfer_len -= data_transfered;
+		length = nvme_min(remaining_transfer_len, length);
+		remaining_transfer_len -= length;
 
 		sgl->type = SPDK_NVME_SGL_TYPE_DATA_BLOCK;
-		sgl->length = data_transfered;
+		sgl->length = length;
 		sgl->address = phys_addr;
 		sgl->type_specific = 0;