2 files changed, 6 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/dump/dump.c b/dump/dump.c
index 340de5a1e7..e204912a89 100644
--- a/dump/dump.c
+++ b/dump/dump.c
@@ -1500,30 +1500,22 @@ static void create_kdump_vmcore(DumpState *s, Error **errp)
     }
 }
 
-static ram_addr_t get_start_block(DumpState *s)
+static int validate_start_block(DumpState *s)
 {
     GuestPhysBlock *block;
 
     if (!s->has_filter) {
-        s->next_block = QTAILQ_FIRST(&s->guest_phys_blocks.head);
         return 0;
     }
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(block, &s->guest_phys_blocks.head, next) {
+        /* This block is out of the range */
         if (block->target_start >= s->begin + s->length ||
             block->target_end <= s->begin) {
-            /* This block is out of the range */
             continue;
         }
-
-        s->next_block = block;
-        if (s->begin > block->target_start) {
-            s->start = s->begin - block->target_start;
-        } else {
-            s->start = 0;
-        }
-        return s->start;
-    }
+        return 0;
+   }
 
     return -1;
 }
@@ -1670,8 +1662,8 @@ static void dump_init(DumpState *s, int fd, bool has_format,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    s->start = get_start_block(s);
-    if (s->start == -1) {
+    /* Is the filter filtering everything? */
+    if (validate_start_block(s) == -1) {
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, "begin");
         goto cleanup;
     }
diff --git a/include/sysemu/dump.h b/include/sysemu/dump.h
index ffc2ea1072..7fce1d4af6 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/dump.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/dump.h
@@ -166,8 +166,6 @@ typedef struct DumpState {
     hwaddr memory_offset;
     int fd;
 
-    GuestPhysBlock *next_block;
-    ram_addr_t start;
     bool has_filter;
     int64_t begin;
     int64_t length;