diff --git a/tools/mksunxiboot.c b/tools/mksunxiboot.c
index da7c9f0ddc004adf9f7402a876a400ecc16cdf93..1f0fbae8e17dd4432912d95be4883d2dca273772 100644
--- a/tools/mksunxiboot.c
+++ b/tools/mksunxiboot.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int fd_in, fd_out;
 	struct boot_img img;
-	unsigned file_size, load_size;
+	unsigned file_size;
 	int count;
 
 	if (argc < 2) {
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (file_size > SRAM_LOAD_MAX_SIZE) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: File too large!\n");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
-	} else {
-		load_size = ALIGN(file_size, sizeof(int));
 	}
 
 	fd_out = open(argv[2], O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0666);
@@ -113,8 +111,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	/* read file to buffer to calculate checksum */
 	lseek(fd_in, 0, SEEK_SET);
-	count = read(fd_in, img.code, load_size);
-	if (count != load_size) {
+	count = read(fd_in, img.code, file_size);
+	if (count != file_size) {
 		perror("Reading input image");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		 & 0x00FFFFFF);
 	memcpy(img.header.magic, BOOT0_MAGIC, 8);	/* no '0' termination */
 	img.header.length =
-		ALIGN(load_size + sizeof(struct boot_file_head), BLOCK_SIZE);
+		ALIGN(file_size + sizeof(struct boot_file_head), BLOCK_SIZE);
 	gen_check_sum(&img.header);
 
 	count = write(fd_out, &img, img.header.length);