diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/LSMIOOperationCallback.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/LSMIOOperationCallback.java
index 53bc31b..0aa46a8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/LSMIOOperationCallback.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/LSMIOOperationCallback.java
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
     private long persistenceLsn = 0L;
     private int pendingFlushes = 0;
     private Deque<ILSMComponentId> componentIds = new ArrayDeque<>();
-    private boolean firstAllocation = true;
 
     public LSMIOOperationCallback(DatasetInfo dsInfo, ILSMIndex lsmIndex, ILSMComponentId componentId,
             IIndexCheckpointManagerProvider indexCheckpointManagerProvider) {