diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 01722e70ec2..12e28cbbfbf 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -2831,7 +2831,6 @@ bool Chainstate::FlushStateToDisk(
     try {
     {
         bool fFlushForPrune = false;
-        bool fDoFullFlush = false;
 
         CoinsCacheSizeState cache_state = GetCoinsCacheSizeState();
         LOCK(m_blockman.cs_LastBlockFile);
@@ -2887,10 +2886,10 @@ bool Chainstate::FlushStateToDisk(
         bool fCacheCritical = mode == FlushStateMode::IF_NEEDED && cache_state >= CoinsCacheSizeState::CRITICAL;
         // It's been a while since we wrote the block index and chain state to disk. Do this frequently, so we don't need to redownload or reindex after a crash.
         bool fPeriodicWrite = mode == FlushStateMode::PERIODIC && nNow > m_last_write + DATABASE_WRITE_INTERVAL;
-        // Combine all conditions that result in a full cache flush.
-        fDoFullFlush = (mode == FlushStateMode::ALWAYS) || fCacheLarge || fCacheCritical || fPeriodicWrite || fFlushForPrune;
+        // Combine all conditions that result in a write to disk.
+        bool should_write = (mode == FlushStateMode::ALWAYS) || fCacheLarge || fCacheCritical || fPeriodicWrite || fFlushForPrune;
         // Write blocks, block index and best chain related state to disk.
-        if (fDoFullFlush) {
+        if (should_write) {
             // Ensure we can write block index
             if (!CheckDiskSpace(m_blockman.m_opts.blocks_dir)) {
                 return FatalError(m_chainman.GetNotifications(), state, _("Disk space is too low!"));