diff --git a/swarm/storage/ldbstore.go b/swarm/storage/ldbstore.go
index 4ce4d336b8..635d334297 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/ldbstore.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/ldbstore.go
@@ -794,11 +794,11 @@ func (s *LDBStore) Put(ctx context.Context, chunk Chunk) error {
 	batch := s.batch
 
 	log.Trace("ldbstore.put: s.db.Get", "key", chunk.Address(), "ikey", fmt.Sprintf("%x", ikey))
-	idata, err := s.db.Get(ikey)
+	_, err := s.db.Get(ikey)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.doPut(chunk, &index, po)
 	}
-	idata = encodeIndex(&index)
+	idata := encodeIndex(&index)
 	s.batch.Put(ikey, idata)
 
 	// add the access-chunkindex index for garbage collection
diff --git a/swarm/storage/ldbstore_test.go b/swarm/storage/ldbstore_test.go
index 8a4cde354a..1fe466f930 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/ldbstore_test.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/ldbstore_test.go
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func TestLDBStoreAddRemove(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Info("ldbstore", "entrycnt", ldb.entryCnt, "accesscnt", ldb.accessCnt)
 
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
-		ret, err := ldb.Get(nil, chunks[i].Address())
+		ret, err := ldb.Get(context.TODO(), chunks[i].Address())
 
 		if i%2 == 0 {
 			// expect even chunks to be missing